Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

It is common for nuclear engineers to be concerned with the disposition of nuclear waste. After all, the United States alone currently has about 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel stored in ...

The United States’ 90,000-ton stockpile of radioactive nuclear waste has long been a liability, but researchers are increasingly eyeing it as a resource. New techniques in transforming spent fuel, new ...

Computer simulation of a grain boundary (green) in uranium oxide. Uranium atoms are yellow, oxygen atoms are red. These simulations are helping researchers understand how hydrogen interacts with ...

Nuclear power is vital for U.S. energy security and decarbonization, however, more than 91,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel remain without a permanent storage solution. Reprocessing and recycling ...

This Collection brings together original research focused on the science and engineering of nuclear waste management and recycling. Topics include characterisation of radionuclide behaviour, modelling ...

Energy minister Ed Milliband has been urged not to "kick the can down the road," giving Cumbria clarity on its role in the future of ...

As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

The UK is expected to accrue enough waste to fill four Wembley Stadiums Jonathan Leake is the Telegraph's Energy Editor. He ...

ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s lower chamber of parliament, the Mazhilis, approved in the first reading a draft law on radioactive ...