The safe disposal of radioactive waste over extended timescales presents a critical scientific and engineering challenge.

Liquid-fueled molten-salt reactors, another new type, could increase waste volume too. In these designs, fuel and coolant are ...

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

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Deep Fission Inc. (Deep Fission), the pioneering nuclear energy startup revolutionizing the industry by placing reactors a mile underground, and Deep Isolation, a ...

Deep Isolation, a California-based nuclear waste disposal startup, announced it has completed a federally funded project that ...

The IAEA has organized various international meetings and projects on the safety of near surface disposal of radioactive waste. These projects included work to (i) benchmark safety assessment models, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radioactive waste held in underground tanks has begun to be transferred for the first time to the massive Hanford nuclear site ...

Fusion technology company SHINE Technologies has selected Deep Isolation's technology as its preferred solution for storage and disposal of the high-level waste that will remain as a residue after ...

Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of used solid fuel from nuclear power plants worldwide and millions of liters of radioactive liquid waste from weapons production sitting in temporary ...

The state of Tennessee has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy arguing Oak Ridge is the premier site for a ...