Somewhere beneath the pine forests of southwestern Finland, more than 400 meters of ancient rock separate the surface from a ...

The world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel is nearing operations in ...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission Inc. (Deep Fission), the pioneering nuclear energy startup revolutionizing the industry by placing reactors a mile underground, and Deep Isolation, a ...

The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast new landfill at Hanford in Eastern Washington Wednesday, its permanent ...

The world's first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is set to begin operations in Finland after decades ...

The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission have launched public consultations for the ...

Nuclear energy is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to ways of generating electricity. On one hand, there are those who believe nuclear is a much better alternative to fossil fuels and ...

A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world.

Glassified radioactive waste is going into a lined landfill at Hanford.

First vitrified Hanford radioactve waste disposed of at site. 30 containers of glassified waste staged as disposal started. DOE says its an important step in Hanford nuclear site cleanup. Richland, ...