A growing number of countries are planning a permanent solution to the issue of radioactive waste by burying it deep ...

The Initial Project Description for the proposed underground deep geological repository system for Canada's used nuclear fuel ...

The project, located deep beneath China's Gobi Desert, will be used for safe disposal of radioactive materials.

The years-long process for regulators to decide whether a proposed nuclear waste storage site gets the green light has begun.

Sweden has broken ground on its final repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF)—a milestone reached after 40 years of research and development—making it the world’s second deep geological repository ...

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (the NWMO) is proposing a new underground deep geological repository system designed to safely contain and isolate used nuclear fuel near Ignace, Ontario. As ...

The chair of a group of six First Nations says the latest step for a proposed nuclear waste site is yet another cause for ...

How spent but still radioactive nuclear fuel rods are to be transported to a potential underground storage site near Ignace should come under scrutiny during an upcoming federal assessment of ...

There is no permanent nuclear waste repository in the United States. Instead, nuclear waste is stored in dry casks at the locations of currently operating and former nuclear power plants around the ...

The development of Canada's deep geological repository entered the regulatory decision-making process on Monday, after the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) submitted the Initial Project ...

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 ...