Waste characterization is the determination of the radiological, chemical and physical properties of waste to establish the need for treatment, handling, processing, storage, or disposal of ...

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a rule “reinterpretation” that would allow commercial landfills to start taking in low level radioactive waste, in lieu of the four currently ...

Geological disposal, optimized materials and greater use of digital tools to enhance communication with stakeholders are among the innovations the nuclear industry is developing to address outstanding ...

The province planned to move the mine tailings from Nipissing First Nation to outside Sudbury, Ont., but its lack of ...

Hundreds of 55-gallon drums filled with low-level radioactive waste have sat buried or stored at a site in western ...

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan judge postponed his decision Tuesday regarding the controversial storage of radioactive waste at Wayne Disposal Inc., a landfill facility in Van Buren Township.

LONDON/WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation, or NUMEC, buried low-level radioactive waste on 44 acres at the intersection of ...

Nuclear energy is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to ways of generating electricity. On one hand, there are those who believe nuclear is a much better alternative to fossil fuels and ...

Will nuclear waste travel all the way from Ontario, Canada to a site about an hour drive from Salt Lake City? An interstate panel may consider a resolution later this month on whether to allow ...

This project, in the National Research Council's Board on Radiation Effects Research, evaluates the impact of the current policy related to low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) management on biomedical ...