Savannah River Mission Completion personnel recently found gaps in SDU7 and SDU 8. They previous found gaps in SDU 6.

Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at more than 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different ...

The Army Corps of Engineers has been cleaning up radioactive contamination near St. Louis since the 1990s, but their efforts ...

Finland successfully completed the first test of its encapsulation plant, which, if finished, will become the world’s first ...

The report, called “bunken chosa” (literature survey), or reviews of geological maps and research ... unsuitable for nuclear waste disposal might remain candidate sites until the end.

US-based EnergySolutions, a leading provider of nuclear services headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been awarded two ...

Three areas are currently being considered by the government to host the nuclear waste disposal site, including two in Cumbria.

The nuclear waste disposal site would need community support, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said. NWS previously said construction would only start when a potential community had confirmed ...

A 1987 federal law named Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, as a permanent disposal site for nuclear waste – but political and legal challenges led to construction delays. Work on the site had barely ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different structures and containers. For decades, the nation has been ...