The US is moving to strengthen its nuclear fuel supply chain through a DOE-backed industry consortium, new solicitations for spent fuel recycling, and expanded enrichment capacity. The Justice ...

Used nuclear fuel could transform how the United States manages its nuclear waste, fuels its next-generation reactors, and ...

Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed ...

The US Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy has awarded more than USD19 million to five US companies to research and develop recycling technologies for used nuclear fuel. A dry storage ...

“Our work with Perpetual Atomics demonstrates one of the significant values of recycling spent nuclear fuel,” said Corinne Spilios, Senior Executive Vice President of Orano's Recycling Business Unit. ...

Oklo Inc. will discuss its $1.68 billion nuclear fuel recycling project in Oak Ridge at a public League of Women Voters ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded Project Omega a contract to advance used nuclear fuel (UNF) recycling. Through the award, Project Omega ...

Construction of Onkalo -- which means "cave" in Finnish -- began on the west coast in 2004. It sits on the secluded island of Olkiluoto, in a dense wooded area. The closest town is Eurajoki, about 9 ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

The development and use of nuclear technology, which began in the early 1940s, has produced a substantial inventory of radioactive waste— material with no current or currently known future use. The ...

But operational safety isn’t the only aspect of nuclear power underestimated in the public eye. Contrary to what “The ...