ST. LOUIS — After years of reporting the radioactive waste in the St. Louis region, we go back to where it all began. The story begins in 1942 in downtown St. Louis. "Back in World War II, there was ...

Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...

Hanford moves 1st radioactive capsules from underwater storage. The capsules could break and release radiation in a severe earthquake. Dry storage should be safer and reduces maintenance and ...

To produce actinium-227, the isotope used for an FDA-approved cancer treatment, the first step is to bombard targets of the ...

Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons and we have just seen the start of a new war in the Middle East over one more ...

The problem of nuclear reactor waste will have to be resolved as nuclear energy becomes more frequently adopted as the world’s source of power. No one is pro nuclear waste. Simply, nuclear waste is a ...

New Delhi: A comprehensive new report by Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), provided exclusively to AFP, concludes that nuclear weapons testing between 1945 and 2017 contributed to at least four million ...

HAYDEN, Colo — For several years now, nuclear power has been trying to make a comeback in the U.S. The Biden administration liked nuclear's low carbon footprint, and President Trump has cited nuclear ...

The debate is between those who see a path to making nuclear waste clean again and those who advocate a more cautious approach. An ancient Greek saying warns us that “there is no such thing as a free ...

Researchers review methods that repurpose nuclear waste to generate hydrogen, aiming to lower storage needs and support cleaner energy production. Hydrogen is currently recognized as a promising clean ...