Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...
They were dropped in secret, forgotten for decades, and now they’re back in the spotlight. More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste—some dating back to the early Cold War—were deliberately ...
The case reinforces the need for stronger standards. Officials alarmed after discovery of 400 radioactive barrels in ...
RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation have begun a large-scale effort to retrieve thousands of barrels of hazardous and radioactive nuclear waste from burial grounds. About 30 ...
After trying and failing to carve out more exceptions to Wyoming’s longstanding ban against storing radioactive nuclear power plant waste earlier this year, lawmakers will take another swing at ...