nuclear waste
We Still Don't Know Where to Bury Our Nuclear Waste
The US still hasn't built its long-term nuclear waste storage facility. Canada may get there first.
A Scientist Bought the Wrong Brand of Kitty Litter, Caused a Nuclear Accident
The Department of Energy says an organic brand of kitty litter caused an accident at a nuclear waste facility in New Mexico last year.
Stealing Used Nuclear Fuel Is About to Get Harder
With new imaging technology, researchers are attempting to look inside a nuclear waste storage cask to verify that all the waste is still inside.
The Soviet Union Dumped a Bunch of Nuclear Submarines, Reactors, and Containers into the Ocean
Up until the early 1990s, the Soviet Union used the Kara and Barents Seas as a dumping ground, and now energy companies want to drill for oil and gas in those areas.
Yucca Mountain Is Far From Dead
The United States' beleaguered nuclear waste storage plan finds a flicker of hope in a new report.
Floating Nuclear Power Plants Might Be the Future of Energy
China and Russia have agreed to develop floating nuclear facilities from the end of the decade and some US scientists also have bold plans.
Australia Has Nowhere to Put Its Shipment of French Nuclear Waste
The bill has come due on Australia's nuclear waste and nobody knows where to store it.
Australia has Nowhere to put its Shipment of French Nuclear Waste
Next year France will send 14 tonnes of nuclear waste to Australia. It was plutonium that we sold them and according to international mandates, it's therefore our waste. The only problem is that now the proposed Muckaty storage facility is off, we've...
The OPG Wants to Bury a Bunch of Nuclear Waste Right by Lake Huron
Canada’s federal government is reviewing a proposal to build a deep geologic repository in Kincardine, Ontario, where they plan to stash a bunch of radioactive nuclear waste. But with Kincardine being just 1.2 km away from Lake Huron, and a potential...
San Francisco's "Second Downtown" Is a Nuclear Dump
The kicker? The Navy refuses to investigate its own mess.
Japan Wants to Move Families Back to Radioactive Fukushima
The government think their £304 million "ice wall" will stop everyone dying of cancer.