DOE was required by the legally binding Tri-Party Agreement to decide by Dec. 31 where to grout some of its low-activity ...

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

OKLO's fast reactor design taps decades of proven tech, aiming for safer operation and the ability to recycle nuclear waste.

Nuclear waste tanks are constructed early in Hanford’s development. (U.S. Department of Energy) A federal proposal to move radioactive nuclear waste from Washington through Oregon and onward to Utah ...

SPOKANE — The 2,000 gallons of liquid nuclear waste to be shipped out from the Hanford site next year are officially set to pass through Spokane. On Sept. 18, Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown published an ...

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 ...

Oregon leaders object to a federal proposal to potentially move by truck or train more than 30 million gallons of liquid ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Spokane County is set to see the transport of nuclear waste from the Hanford site as part of a new initiative. The Washington Department of Ecology has confirmed the move despite ...

Nuclear waste at Hanford has been a disaster waiting to happen for generations. One of the biggest concerns has always been the radioactive material seeping into groundwater or, worse, the Columbia ...

US DOE has completed major optimisations at Savannah River Site's SWPF and DWPF, doubling tank waste processing rates to accelerate Cold War legacy cleanup.