Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of water at the very plants that burned it. The technology to move most of that ...
A 180-ton lead and steel cask containing spent nuclear fuel will cross 13 states and travel more than 2,500 miles.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first capsules of high-level radioactive waste have been removed from a water-filled pool at the Hanford nuclear site to ...
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DOE selects 5 US firms to advance used nuclear fuel recycling tech at home
The Office of Nuclear Energy has selected five companies in the US to research ...
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 ...
The Trump administration’s growing nuclear energy push now includes enlisting state help handling spent fuel, a politically tricky issue with a history of facing legal obstacles.
The Savannah River Site has a total of 51 waste tanks. Eight of those tanks have been operationally closed. (From Savannah River Site fact sheet, May 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Around the U.S., ...
Nuclear waste management challenges threaten President Donald Trump's plan to quadruple America's nuclear capacity by 2050, as the Energy Department failed to dispose of spent fuel.
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. will seek interest from U.S. states as soon as this week on storing nuclear waste in return for incentives to build nuclear reactors, a ...
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. said on Wednesday it is seeking input from U.S. states on any interest they have in hosting sites for developing the nuclear fuel lifecycle, ...
State lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities. It would be ...
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 ...
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