The first capsules of high-level radioactive waste have been removed from a water-filled pool at the Hanford nuclear site to prepare them for safer dry storage in steel-lined, reinforced-concrete ...

A growing number of countries are planning a permanent solution to the issue of radioactive waste by burying it deep ...

Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva announced it has completed a demonstration of the functionality of the used nuclear fuel encapsulation plant at Olkiluoto. (Image: Posiva) The ...

Sweden has commenced construction of a final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, where highly radioactive waste will be stored for 100,000 years. Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of ...

Hanford moves 1st radioactive capsules from underwater storage. The capsules could break and release radiation in a severe earthquake. Dry storage should be safer and reduces maintenance and ...