Finland successfully completed the first test of its encapsulation plant, which, if finished, will become the world’s first ...

We’ve never quite figured out how to safely store all of that spent nuclear fuel. And it’s a problem that’s about to get ...

The National Park Service is cutting off access to Cleetwood Cove Trail, the most heavily used trail at Crater Lake National ...

The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to ...

At both of those locations, some of the radioactive waste has already leaked into the soil beneath the tanks, though ...

The World Bank's steering committee on Friday endorsed the lender's plans to explore options to expand energy access, ...

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Najmedin Meshkati is professor of civil and environmental engineering, industrial systems engineering and international ...

"Our experiment aimed to test a fuel coating technique and ... represent a crucial step in advancing nuclear thermal propulsion technology for future human space exploration," said Wilson.

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