LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) — The National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory have finished depressurizing four tritium waste containers that have been in storage since ...
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Deep boreholes gain ground in the nuclear waste debate

Can a small drilled hole be used to do something that the nuclear industry has been trying to do with a giant repository for decades?’ This question has once again been placed back on the table as a ...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) — The National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory are working to safely depressurize four containers holding nuclear waste that have been in ...
Learn how drop testing and analysis ensure waste container integrity for safe storage under extreme conditions.
The first capsules of high-level radioactive waste have been removed from a water-filled pool at the Hanford nuclear site to prepare them for safer dry storage in steel-lined, reinforced-concrete ...
Billions of alkaline-loving microbes could offer a new way to protect nuclear waste buried deep underground. This approach overcomes the limitations of current cement barriers, which can crack or ...
HANFORD, Wash. – The Washington Department of Ecology announced the transportation of the first containers of low activity nuclear waste to the Integrated Disposal Facility at the Hanford site. The ...
Long-term containment of high-level radioactive waste relies on engineered barriers, most commonly steel vessels clad with copper or alternative corrosion-resistant alloys. Corrosion processes evolve ...
Facilities that work with radioactive materials require practical solutions for storing, transporting, and managing small quantities of isotopes and radioactive waste. In nuclear medicine, ...