The U.S. government’s plan for safely storing nuclear waste just hit a serious snag: Exposure to groundwater could corrode its new storage containers, spilling radioactive materials into the Earth. To ...

The Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate has called for the systematic management of the aging of containers in the country's interim radioactive waste storage facilities. The requirement follows ...

Containers that the U.S. government plans to use to store dangerous nuclear waste underground may be more vulnerable to water damage than previously thought. Millions of liters of highly radioactive ...

Don’t let loads of holiday leftovers languish in the fridge. These microwaveable glass containers from Anyday will help you waste less food – and cut back on dirty dishes ...

The global food system creates a lot of waste. Food gets lost during harvest and shipping, grub spoils before it gets eaten, and leftovers languish in our refrigerators. But just because that’s the ...

The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new underground storage areas. The Waste Isolation Pilot ...

The containers being used by the United States government to store dangerous nuclear waste far underground could be vulnerable to damage, researchers report. Across America, there are over 90,000 ...

It’s a big test baby: Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant marked the arrival of its first nearly 7-ton canister of test glass. Top managers and workers gathered in one of the massive facilities’ frigid ...

RISING TIDE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE. RADIOACTIVE GAS WILL BE VENTED FROM STORAGE CONTAINERS AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB SATURDAY, AND SOME IN THE AREA ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. JASON MCNABB IS LIVE IN LOS ...

Biohazardous waste includes waste materials derived from cultures and stocks of infectious agents, human pathological wastes, contaminated animal carcasses and body parts, all sharps, human blood and ...