Between 1950 and 1990, more than 200,000 barrels filled with radioactive waste were dumped in the depths of the North-East ...

An on-the-ground investigation in Pennsylvania finds unprotected radioactive material next to a popular bike and walking ...

Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...

Hanford moves 1st radioactive capsules from underwater storage. The capsules could break and release radiation in a severe earthquake. Dry storage should be safer and reduces maintenance and ...

A Van Buren Township landfill is barred from accepting shipments of radioactive waste from Manhattan Project-era sites, a Wayne County Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Kevin Cox’s order, ...

The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear site’s vitrification plant 23 years after construction began, said ...

The Department of Energy will take more time to make a potentially controversial decision on where radioactive liquid waste from the Hanford nuclear site's underground tanks will be turned into a ...

Charles McCombie,Chair, is an independent strategic and technical advisor to various national and international waste management programs. Formerly he was the scientific and technical director of ...

DETROIT, MI — A state judge has blocked a controversial Republic Services landfill in Wayne County from receiving new shipments of radioactive waste. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Kevin Cox signed ...

A Wayne County Circuit Court judge has barred a Michigan landfill from accepting radioactive waste from Manhattan Project-era sites ...