The second of three planned shipments of high-level radioactive waste has left the Sellafield site in northwest England and is being transported by rail and sea to its destination at the Isar interim ...
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 ...
SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...
After decades of delays, workers at the Hanford nuclear site this October finally began treatment of the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste leftover from the manufacturing of the U.S. nuclear ...
SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...
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 ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The hazardous waste left behind from decades of plutonium production is now being solidified into glass, the U.S. Department of Energy announced this week. The news came on the ...