The federal government will begin the long-awaited clean-up of a nuclear waste dump outside of Apollo in Armstrong County.

The first 7.5-ton container of radioactive waste turned into a stable glass form was carefully set on the bottom of a vast ...

In Finland, experts hope they have found a viable solution: burying the waste in bedrock over 1,000 feet underground. More ...

Facilities that work with radioactive materials require practical solutions for small quantities of isotopes and radioactive waste.

After decades of planning, arguing and engineering, workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation in southeast Washington this ...

Nuclear energy isn't exactly clean, with nuclear waste never exactly going away. But this inventive new process might help ...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site has completed permanent disposal of its first batch of vitrified low-activity tank waste, marking a significant milestone in the long-running effort to ...

A total of 15 electronic waste (e-waste) containers have been ordered out of the country under enforcement action by the ...

The spent nuclear fuel canisters are closely monitored using external sensors, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

The Department of Energy successfully disposed of decades-old nuclear waste using innovative GeoMelt technology, turning ...