Sweden's radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. It will be hazardous for a very long time. So how can we ensure that humanity does not forget that ...

The heat up of a second melter at the Hanford site vitrification plant began early Tuesday morning and by Wednesday morning it had reached 300 degrees. “Heating up our second melter is a significant ...

This scientific breakthrough has fundamentally changed the way we handle nuclear byproducts. Nuclear energy is a clean source to pull from, with no carbon pollution. Understanding how to harness it is ...

The rise of a new generation of radiotherapies means we will soon need much greater quantities of radioactive atoms. That's why companies are scrambling to refine them from all manner of radioactive w ...