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 ...

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 ...

said Neil Hyatt, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK’s Nuclear Waste Services (NWS). ‘Well, look at the track record ... Selecting a site is complicated – like everything else in this story ...

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.