These heavy metal doors mark the beginning of the area where the nuclear waste will be held. Around me were thousands and thousands of feet of rock like this ... shafts will look a bit different ...

New Atlas takes a look at the basics ... Just 500 rem/hour is enough to kill a human being. Unlike many non-nuclear waste products like arsenic or asbestos, nuclear waste changes over time ...

Microreactors, a new form of nuclear technology, are being touted for their lower costs and smaller size, but they produce a significantly higher volume of nuclear waste. Despite concerns about ...

Spent fuel — radioactive waste — must be stored ... we're going to need to look to other sources." Along with advancements in solar and wind power, nuclear power is a very good option ...

Nuclear waste remains toxic for thousands of years ... On a computer screen, the plan for any GDF like this looks like a huge, multi-level nuclear shelter. But the process of designing ...

Like any mine, a mined repository for nuclear waste is a complex feat of engineering ... including mined repositories. If a location looks promising based on its general geology, scientists ...

“How much more nuclear waste can we continue to store in a living ... New Mexico or Texas have been. “What consent looks like will be different in different places,” Verma said.

But nuclear energy brings plenty of risks: the waste it produces is dangerously radioactive, reactors are expensive and past accidents like those ... got even more if you look internationally.