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 waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look ...

A Southern California Edison employee measures radiation at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on March 10, 2020. Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Around ...

Lincolnshire will not be used to store nuclear waste after the county council voted to withdraw from the process. Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), a government body, had earmarked an area near Louth, in ...

Different countries planning the safe, permanent disposal of nuclear waste in geological repositories are sharing experiences and learning from each other, as Neil Hyatt, chief scientific advisor to ...

A £54 billion cost estimate, no confirmed site, and a very slow timeline — things aren't looking well for a proposed underground nuclear waste facility. The Guardian reported that the U.K.

The nuclear energy sector is experiencing a revival, driven by factors such as increased energy demand and support from governments and tech companies. Microreactors, a new form of nuclear technology, ...

Nuclear Waste Services says that it has selected areas for detailed studies of suitability within each of the three communities involved in the process of selecting a site for the permanent deep ...

A British nuclear body is planning to deploy robots at a former nuclear plant site to segregate radioactive waste autonomously. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group has announced a ...

‘We understand that spent nuclear waste will generate residual heat, but experience in other areas (granite) suggests the ...