Managing spent fuel is essential to the nuclear fuel cycle and the long term sustainability and viability of nuclear power.

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South Carolina leaders have discussed the idea of discharging high-level waste in “boreholes’’ that would run deep ...

Scandinavian Breakthrough: Sweden and Finland are leading global efforts to solve nuclear waste challenges with underground repositories designed to last 100,000 years, while Norway is preparing to ...

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Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

Nuclear waste is categorized into four types based on its level of hazardousness and disposal needs. High-level waste, often a focus of safety concerns, constitutes less than 0.25% of total ...

Chapter 4 briefly discussed the proposed treatment options for sodium-bearing waste (SBW), and noted how classification and disposal restrictions were important considerations affecting the treatment ...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s pledge to build seven nuclear energy plants, if elected, has triggered heated political debate – mostly about the costs and timetable of the plan. But the concept of ...

Norway should build a deep geological landfill for high-level waste and a medium-depth geological repository for low- and intermediate-level waste, a group of experts considering solutions for the ...

The Department of Energy and its regulators have released a revised path forward for DOE’s most costly liability in the nation — the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste stored in leak-prone ...

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 ...