A world-first project is using a supercomputer to strengthen long-term, low-carbon nuclear waste solutions and demonstrate environmental safety for up to one million years.
Nelson’s appointment comes as Deep Isolation accelerates its momentum. Just weeks after launching its full-scale demonstration program at the Deep Borehole Demonstration Center near Cameron, Texas, ...
Two DOE officials, granted anonymity to speak freely, told POLITICO’s E&E News that the department’s goal is to establish a permanent, long-term solution for nuclear waste storage. If successful, the ...
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Nuclear waste to be disposed deep underground using US firm’s borehole technology
A Berkeley-based company has started its full-scale demonstration program for nuclear waste disposal. Deep ...
A 180-ton lead and steel cask containing spent nuclear fuel will cross 13 states and travel more than 2,500 miles.
Deep Isolation’s Universal Canister System will be utilized in the Demonstration Program, has been extensively tested, and is engineered to contain various types of spent fuel and high-level ...
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors ...
Indigenous communities across the U.S. have also been sounding the alarm about nuclear waste. It can poison water sources and create health issues for people around disposal sites if stored ...
Nuclear waste management challenges threaten President Donald Trump's plan to quadruple America's nuclear capacity by 2050, as the Energy Department failed to dispose of spent fuel.
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 ...
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