Deep Isolation, a company founded in 2016 and headquartered in California, aims to offer nuclear waste disposal in deep boreholes as a commercial service anywhere in the world. “Depending on ...

The funding has been granted to the Argonne National Laboratory project under the Nuclear Energy Waste Transmutation ...

Deep Isolation, a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, in a news release said the group applauds the suite ...

In 2010, the department estimated that about 1,100 cubic meters of waste had been produced in the U.S. — enough to fill about 40% of an Olympic swimming pool. By 2083, the Department of Energy ...

As small modular nuclear reactors come closer to reality in the U.S., managing and disposing of their highly radioactive waste ... disposal of this highly radioactive material. Storing it in pools ...

Worldwide, the consensus is that deep underground disposal is the best way to keep nuclear waste away from water sources and the food chain until its radioactivity has decayed to the normal ...

The fuel is kept under water in storage pools for several ... in common. The waste couldn't be retrieved after disposal. Though it isn't discussed much, high-level nuclear waste is incredibly ...

Wisconsin-based SHINE is working to deploy fusion technology through a "purpose-driven and phased approach" which includes eventually applying its technology to recycling nuclear waste. And ultimately ...

This deep burial in stable ... resides in temporary storage pools near reactors, posing potential long-term risks. The problem of nuclear waste disposal is projected to worsen as the expansion ...

Permanent nuclear waste storage facilities can take decades to study and build. At its disposal site ... U.S. can be temporarily stored in special pools or in dry casks at nuclear-reactor sites ...