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Nuclear energy isn't exactly clean, with nuclear waste never exactly going away. But this inventive new process might help ...

Tennessee’s leaders are weighing a plan that could mean more nuclear waste is stored in the Volunteer State. State lawmakers ...

Here are five ways nuclear science is helping tackle food waste and support a zero‑waste future: Food irradiation is an innovative, safe and non-invasive technique that uses radiation such as X-rays, ...

Utah Gov. Cox announced potential plans for a major nuclear fuel recycling facility supported by new state legislation, ...

Japan has raised global concern, after reportedly taking initial steps to explore a tiny ...

New designs mean new strategies for managing spent fuel. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You ...

A Washington-based company has successfully validated its borehole technology for safe disposal of high-level ...

Larissa Speak has received research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. She is affiliated with Niniibawtamin Anishinaabe Aki, an Indigenous-led group concerned with the ...

Spent fuel reprocessing sounds great, but experts say we haven’t figured out the details. The prospect of making trash useful is always fascinating to me. Whether it’s used batteries, solar panels, or ...

In December, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to explore sending the nuclear waste from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to a Department of Energy facility — currently ...

Every atom is a coiled source of power. But some atoms pack more punch than others. The radioactive elements fueling nuclear reactors can be coaxed into generating so much power that in the mid-1950s ...