More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste have lain scattered across the Atlantic Ocean for nearly 50 years, a relic of an era when dumping nuclear materials at sea was considered safe. Between ...

A Utah-based company plans to ship international radioactive nuclear waste from Canada to the United States for disposal in Utah.

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

A map of the local resolutions opposing the proposed nuclear waste dump Credit: Courtesy Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump As a poet once said, “April is the cruelest month.” No, good news has been ...

US radioactive waste disposal technology developer Deep Isolation has called for nuclear waste disposal to be included in the National Association of State Energy Officials' Advanced Nuclear First ...

First glassified Hanford tank waste canisters moved to lined landfill. Integrated Disposal Facility be permanent disposal site for vitrified waste. Landfill can only accept low level radioactive waste ...

The Department of Energy has long been burying plutonium waste beneath the surface of New Mexico's desert. The DOE stashes it inside carved-out salt beds, which act as a sealant. Plutonium, which has ...

BELLEVILLE, Mich. – In a very spirited press conference, activists and elected officials from the local, state, and national levels emphasized that the state of Michigan is not everyone else’s dumping ...

BELLEVILLE, Mich. (WXYZ) — At Belleville Lake, summer brings boating, fishing and other fun activities. But talk of nuclear and other hazardous waste about a mile ...