Nuclear energy is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to ways of generating electricity. On one hand, there are those who believe nuclear is a much better alternative to fossil fuels and ...

The UK is expected to accrue enough waste to fill four Wembley Stadiums Jonathan Leake is the Telegraph's Energy Editor. He ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...

Finland's Posiva is on the verge of receiving an operating license for the world's first permanent nuclear waste disposal facility, built 400 meters underground in 1.9-billion-year-old bedrock at a ...

OLKILUOTO, Finland — With the push of a button, the elevator descends hundreds of meters in seconds into the dark depths of Onkalo. “We are now at about minus 430 meters (1,411 feet),” muttered ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the early 1980s, southeast Utah was targeted as a potential dump site for high-level nuclear waste, the kind that comes from nuclear reactors. The ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Fionna Samuels about the use of vitrification to safely store nuclear waste at a former weapons site in ...