Stories about: nuclear waste  

Nuclear power might be tricky to harvest, but the fact remains this energy source could help limit climate change

Cat litter is great at absorbing nuclear waste, folks at New Mexico's underground dump unfortunately used the wrong kind

Companies are looking to build a plant able to process nuclear waste at Sellafield

Specialists fear large amounts of radioactive waste will one day leak from this site

The potentially dangerous material can remain trapped in shale for millennia

High officials say that the general public does not yet have anything to worry about

Environmentalists fear Lake Huron will be in danger of being contaminated

This is “the largest load ever moved this distance,” officials say

The risk for radiation far exceeds the financial incentives, argue environmentalists

The amount of waste could significantly be lowered

It lives in the intense radiation near Chernobyl

The Energy Department says the US can do better

The NRC has followed EPA's recommendations

Estimates say that the current size will be enough only until 2010

The current burial site will soon reach its designated limit

Newly found material property could enhance nuclear safety

Pac-Man to the rescue once again