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Finland Could Be the First Country in the World to Bury Nuclear Waste Permanently
Finland successfully completed the first test of its encapsulation plant, which, if finished, will become the world’s first ...
Hunterston B site declared nuclear-free as all spent fuel removed
All spent nuclear fuel has been removed from the site of the former Hunterston B power station, leading to it being declared ...
Is adding more nuclear power the solution to our growing energy needs? | The Excerpt
We’ve never quite figured out how to safely store all of that spent nuclear fuel. And it’s a problem that’s about to get ...
How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to ...
Scientific American11d
How Dangerous Nuclear Waste Is Stored in the U.S.
The vast majority of nuclear waste in the U.S. is spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants. Before it is used, ...
Craig Daily Press11d
City of Craig continues dialogue on possible spent nuclear fuel storage facility near Maybell
Craig City Council workshop on April 9, Northwest Colorado Energy Initiative’s Matt Solomon continued discussions, and ...
The Conversation11d
How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?
The vast majority of nuclear waste in the U.S. is spent nuclear fuel from commercial nuclear power plants. Before it is used, nuclear fuel exists as uranium oxide pellets that are sealed within ...
Tri-City Herald12d
Why 2,000 workers were just hired at NW’s only nuclear power reactor
A long robotic arm reaches down through 70 feet of water to move a spent nuclear fuel bundle inside the open core of Energy Northwests reactor north of Richland during a previous refueling outage.