The Japanese government on Tuesday asked a Tokyo municipality for consent to conduct a survey to determine the suitability of ...

Japan's government has asked permission for a survey to be conducted on an island in the Pacific Ocean to choose a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants.

Minamitori Island, about 1,900 kilometres southeast of central Tokyo, has no civilian population, with its only inhabitants being Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force members and government personnel.

The Department of Energy is looking at a way to speed up Hanford nuclear site environmental cleanup by having some waste with ...

A hazardous waste landfill in Wayne County is preparing to take 6,000 cubic yards of soil and concrete contaminated with elevated radiation from a site in New York where the Manhattan Project ...

A hazardous waste facility in Van Buren Township can resume importing some radioactive waste from cleanup sites around the country, according to an order from a Wayne County judge, although waste from ...

LANSING, MI — Legislation that would block the import of radioactive waste to Michigan is advancing in lame duck. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Senate energy and environment committee voted 10-4 to advance ...

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Radioactive waste from the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II is coming to Wayne County. In September, thousands of tons of the toxic material ...

Geological disposal, optimized materials and greater use of digital tools to enhance communication with stakeholders are among the innovations the nuclear industry is developing to address outstanding ...