Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? ... After the fuel rods have cooled in the containment pools, they are moved into dry cask storage for about 10 years.

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that the depth of a scrape a on a can of nuclear waste is about technology and skepticism … and ...

Techniques such as deep geological repositories offer secure storage solutions, while new materials like synthetic rock provide enhanced containment. These innovations address the critical issue of ...

In 2024, there were 440 nuclear reactors operating in 32 countries around the world. Even countries without reactors generate nuclear waste from research laboratories, industrial equipment, and ...

Right now, nuclear power plants store spent fuel in special containment structures near the reactor. In some locations, the waste remains even after the plant was decommissioned.

The company’s plan for long-term containment of this radioactive waste was not outlined and Tepco was not compelled by the press or the government to explain its long-term strategy.

A sign warning of radioactive materials is seen on a fence around a nuclear reactor containment building on April 26, 2021, a few days before it stopped generating electricity at Indian Point Energy ...

BUFFALO, N.Y (WIVB) — Contractors are prepping federally owned land in Lewiston to begin removing radioactive waste leftover from the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first ...

Rod Baltzer, Chief Executive Officer and President of Waste Control Specialists (WCS) near Andrews, Texas, takes media on a tour of one of their storage sites used for low-level nuclear waste on ...

Where to move more than 3.5 million pounds of nuclear waste is still a key barrier. ... That would likely be where the containment domes are now, which are set to be removed in the next few years.

The first-ever 'tomb' for nuclear waste, located nearly 1,500 feet below the surface, will soon be sealed off from humans for 100,000 years to break down safely. Finland's $4 billion Onkalo ...

BUFFALO, N.Y (WIVB) — Contractors are prepping federally owned land in Lewiston to begin removing radioactive waste leftover from the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop the world’s first ...