An international effort is underway to assess the environmental impact of nuclear waste that was dumped into the ocean more ...

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 ...

Town of Niagara residents demanded state and federal officials deem their neighborhood a Superfund site after the discovery ...

And what if that battery could be fueled by nuclear waste? That’s the future scientists are working toward in DARPA’s “Rads to Watts” program, which aims to create lightweight batteries with a high ...

Nuclear waste is not useless after all — it could keep drones flying for 30 years ...

Editor’s note: This article is published after the passing away of Rod Ewing. The draft manuscript was prepared by both authors. It has been lightly edited for style, length, and clarity. Additional ...

Sweden is constructing a $1 billion nuclear waste deposit at the Forsmark Spent Fuel Repository, designed to securely store ...

The DNA of Chernobyl cleanup workers showed mutations caused by radiation that were also evident in the genes of their ...