An international effort is underway to assess the environmental impact of nuclear waste that was dumped into the ocean more ...

A team of 21 European scientists is searching for barrels of nuclear waste in the Northeast Atlantic as part of the NODSSUM project. The barrels are likely lying at depths of 3,000 to 5,000 meters.

For more than four decades, thousands of barrels containing radioactive waste were deliberately dumped onto the seabed of the ...

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German engineering firm Bilfinger and research institute Fraunhofer IOSB are developing a tele-operated system to retrieve radioactive waste from the Asse II mine. The project, commissioned by Federal ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A barrel containing radioactive sludge ruptured at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility, federal officials said Thursday, resulting in no injuries and no risk to the public but ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

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 ...

One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and accumulates in human thyroids when ingested. In the U.S., nuclear waste ...

Nuclear energy is hot and everyone wants a piece of the action. President Donald Trump has announced his vision to quadruple America’s nuclear capacity by 2050, and 33 countries signed a declaration ...

New designs mean new strategies for managing spent fuel. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You ...

The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline. It is well into its ...