The public has long been familiar with the problem of high level radioactive waste disposal at Yucca Mountain. In the next 12 months, the nation will face a second crisis, of disposal of low level ...

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This project, in the National Research Council's Board on Radiation Effects Research, evaluates the impact of the current policy related to low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) management on biomedical ...

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a rule “reinterpretation” that would allow commercial landfills to start taking in low level radioactive waste, in lieu of the four currently ...

The hull of the Enterprise, the nation’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is expected to arrive around Nov. 13.

SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal to ship radioactive waste from Canada for disposal in Utah got the green light Friday from a body that monitors such activity. The decision by the NorthWest Interstate ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Two days ahead of a meeting focused on a proposal to dispose of Canadian radioactive waste at a Tooele County facility, a coalition of 85 groups, most of them environmental ...

An operating permit which is valid until 2095 has been issued by the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland for a new disposal facility for very low-level radioactive waste at Olkiluoto, to ...

A new long-term agreement between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited and the Municipality of Port Hope extends Canada's responsibility to safely manage eligible historic low-level radioactive waste in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Hanford nuclear site has started work to turn radioactive waste into a concrete-like grout form by trucking liquid waste just ...

USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has left Newport News, Virginia, for the final time. The ...

A Wayne County judge has permanently blocked a hazardous waste landfill from accepting radioactive waste. The waste originates from historic atomic energy and weapons program sites, including a ...