The team tested the battery prototype with cesium-137 and cobalt-60, common radioactive byproducts of nuclear reactors. Using cesium-137, the battery produced 288 nanowatts of power, while cobalt-60 ...

The first dismantling of a commercial reactor in Japan has started, ushering in a new period of decommissioning but with the ...

Yet one of its biggest challenges is radioactive waste. While spent nuclear fuel is typically stored in underground facilities, researchers at Ohio State University (OSU) believe there may be a ...

No production of radioactive waste with long half-lives; and No or only a modest proliferation risk. Energy obtained from fusion and fission reactions is based on differences in the nuclear binding ...

Finland will soon start operating a deep geological waste repository for spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants, and few critics can be found. A visit to the Onkalo artificial cave system.

Ageing management of packages and facilities for spent fuel and radioactive waste, and ways to safely manage disused sealed sources for the long term are being discussed this week at the Eighth Review ...

A New York judge recently ruled that a lawsuit alleging radioactive waste gave a man's wife deadly cancer was untimely.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given Mosaic Fertilizer the green light to explore a highly controversial solution to ...

RHYL saw the biggest increase in ambient gamma radiation in Wales in January, a new study has found. This follows new data released by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which showed ...

This course provides the theoretical background and training necessary for the management of unsealed and ... It is particularly suitable for those wishing to become Radioactive Waste Advisers (RWA), ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces a legal challenge after approving a controversial plan to include radioactive waste in a road project late last year. The Center for Biological ...