Oak Ridge teams are processing decades-old radioactive waste months ahead of schedule to reduce environmental risk.

State officials aren't convinced DOE's plan would result in more Hanford site waste treated for disposal.

For nearly a century, geopolymers have been used for construction, ceramics, fireproofing and other industrial applications. One of their most promising applications, in radioactive waste management, ...

The question of how to dispose of nuclear waste is more important than ever, because the world is going through something of a nuclear renaissance. After years of fear about nuclear power plant safety ...

Deep borehole disposal (DBD) entails emplacement of radioactive waste in boreholes drilled to depths of 3–5 km within stable crystalline or sedimentary formations. By exploiting multiple natural ...

The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast new landfill at Hanford in Eastern Washington Wednesday, its permanent ...

A second research area has been identified by Germany's Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal for investigating terrestrial and airborne geophysical exploration methods that can provide ...

KDKA-TV Investigator Andy Sheehan began his broadcast journalism career in September 1992, when he joined KDKA after reporting for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for nine years. Andy's forte is the ...

First vitrified Hanford radioactve waste disposed of at site. 30 containers of glassified waste staged as disposal started. DOE says its an important step in Hanford nuclear site cleanup. Richland, ...