Burying the waste deep underground and away from people for extremely long periods is the gold standard. Read more at ...

Charles McCombie,Chair, is an independent strategic and technical advisor to various national and international waste management programs. Formerly he was the scientific and technical director of ...

There are no major technical roadblocks for the Republic to store its nuclear waste – possibly deep underground – if the ...

Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. (“Deep Isolation” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, today announced that it has reached more than 100 issued patents worldwide, ...

The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is expected to be the world's first permanent repository for radioactive ...

India, June 4 -- For decades, countries that rely on nuclear power have faced one major challenge: what to do with highly ...

The development and use of nuclear technology, which began in the early 1940s, has produced a substantial inventory of radioactive waste— material with no current or currently known future use. The ...

A follow-up International Atomic Energy Agency mission to Spain has judged that all seven recommendations and suggestions made following its 2018 review of the country's radioactive waste management ...

Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of water at the very plants that burned it. The technology to move most of that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. As the world races to combat climate change, the debate over ...