Current plans for disposal of some of the most dangerous material generated in nuclear power plants, such as radioactive elements extracted from spent fuel rods, differ from one country to another.

Researchers sent a nuclear waste container on a 14,500-mile odyssey ... to repackage all of these fuel rods into smaller, lighter disposal packages. And if we have to do that, and I hope we ...

The containers ... nuclear waste far underground could be vulnerable to damage, researchers report. Across America, there are over 90,000 metric tons of nuclear waste that require disposal ...

This material - also known as depleted uranium tails - is left over from previous enrichment operations ... DOE issues decision on disposal The DOE on 5 June issued a Record of Decision (ROD), which ...

While nuclear disposal experts believe the existing techniques are effective, there is ongoing debate as to whether they can last long. Article continues below Posiva claims that its containers ...

The document effectively destroys Britain's already shaky disposal plans just as ministers are preparing an expansion of nuclear power. It shows that many containers used to store the waste are ...

WSVN-TV reports that the container was about 75% full of a product that indicated it was uranium. "There was a spill or leak in that work area," the Miami TV station says. During the initial ...