Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.
The team tested the battery prototype with cesium-137 and cobalt-60, common radioactive byproducts of nuclear reactors. Using ...
The latest flashpoint, which hits the Supreme Court on Wednesday, involves a proposed storage site in West Texas. ...
Nuclear power comes with almost zero greenhouse gas emissions, but has its own issues in the form of radioactive waste.
A nuclear power renaissance—driven in part by power-hungry AI data centers—has revived a thorny problem: what to do with the ...
Ohio State University researchers develop a battery that converts nuclear waste into electricity using scintillator crystals ...
Sweden's radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. It will be hazardous for a very long time. So how can we ensure that humanity does not forget that ...
Florida lawmakers take a stand against adding cavity-fighting fluoride in drinking water, but not on adding radioactive waste ...
The select board this week tabled discussion on a plan to bring a non-binding ballot question to voters that would have urged ...
The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for approving road construction in ...
In case you’re keeping score, there’s a move in Florida to remove cavity-fighting fluoride in the drinking water while adding radioactive industrial waste products to roads. I know.