In the early 1980s, southeast Utah was targeted as a potential dump site for high-level nuclear waste, the kind that comes ...

Frozen since 2013, the spent nuclear fuel management levy will increase 92.5% for pressurized water reactors and 9.2% for ...

Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...

The capsules contain about 30% of all the radioactivity at the Hanford nuclear site.

Twenty-three years and 70 days after workers began pouring concrete to build the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, the plant has turned radioactive and hazardous chemical waste into a stable glass form ...

Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. ("Deep Isolation" or the "Company"), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, today announced the appointment of Ralph L. Hunter to the Company's Board of ...

China’s CNNC has completed a key construction stage at the Beishan underground radwaste research laboratory in Gansu.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., used her powerful position in Congress to help Tri-Cities science, environmental and historical projects.

The waste could instead be solidified at Hanford or in Richland, keeping jobs in Tri-Cities area.

In historic step, radioactive waste moved to massive Hanford treatment plant. DOE aims to produce certified glass canisters by Oct 15, 2025, under court order. Plant will glassify low-activity waste ...

The last piece of piping has been installed to move radioactive waste to the Hanford site vitrification plant, as final preparations are made to begin treating waste for disposal that has been stored ...

Gov. Greg Abbott says the U.S. Supreme Court was supremely wrong when it ruled Wednesday that high-level nuclear waste can be stored 32 miles west of Andrews. Speaking for Abbott Wednesday night, ...