They were dropped in secret, forgotten for decades, and now they’re back in the spotlight. More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste—some dating back to the early Cold War—were deliberately ...

BOISE — A barrel containing radioactive sludge ruptured at an Idaho nuclear facility, federal officials said Thursday, resulting in no injuries and no risk to the public but possibly slowing progress ...

RICHLAND, Wash. - Workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation have begun a large-scale effort to retrieve thousands of barrels of hazardous and radioactive nuclear waste from burial grounds. About 30 ...

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In this April 9, 2019, file photo, barrels of radioactive waste are loaded for transport to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, marking the first transuranic waste loading operations in five years at the ...

A small Japanese fishing town is being offered millions of dollars to store nuclear waste underground. But for many citizens, the cash isn't worth the risk.

The Croatian parliament has approved a law for the construction of a radioactive waste management facility right near the ...