Nuclear waste is infamous for its long-lasting radioactivity ... These capsules will then be further secured by being packed in clay before final burial. Interestingly, the repository will ...
For years, France buried radioactive waste from nuclear tests it conducted in the Algerian desert. And for decades, it ...
It’s been called the most contaminated site in the Western Hemisphere. And among those proposed for cuts are engineers who ...
It’s been more than 30 years since there were any discussions of storing nuclear waste in Colorado. Before revisiting that debate, it is important to understand the three major waste ...
The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge ...
The disposal of our nuclear waste is very challenging, with very large volumes destined for burial deep underground. The largest volume of radioactive waste, termed 'intermediate level' and comprising ...
Maybe the burial sites themselves should be off-putting ... Some agencies in charge of buried nuclear waste have suggested using unsettling structures to deter future visitors.
Sweden plans to store nuclear waste for 100,000 years, but the author questions whether this is feasible given the uncertainties of human civilization and technological progress over such a long ...