Learn how drop testing and analysis ensure waste container integrity for safe storage under extreme conditions.

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 ...

A major joint initiative to develop standardised radioactive waste container design and procurement across the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority estate is expected to produce significant ...

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 ...

The first container has been filled with long-lived low- and intermediate-level waste from the used fuel pools of unit 3 at Belgium's Doel nuclear power plant, which was shut down in September 2022 ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different structures and containers. For decades, the nation has been trying to send it all ...

Nevada's U.S. Senators want closer scrutiny of hazardous materials shipping after a damaged nuclear waste container was found on a truck bound for the Nevada Test Site.

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...