A breakthrough in heavy-element chemistry shatters long-held assumptions about transuranium elements. Researchers have ...

Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the sun's light can feel on Earth.

The team tested the battery prototype with cesium-137 and cobalt-60, common radioactive byproducts of nuclear reactors. Using ...

Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.

Sweden's radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. It will be hazardous for a very long time. So how can we ensure that humanity does not forget that ...

Sweden's radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. It will be hazardous for ...

Tons of radioactive refuse go into temporary storage every year, and new efforts to store nuclear waste away from reactor ...

On the other hand, a nuclear battery uses the radioactive nature of isotopes to generate electricity. Since the half-life of ...

Nearly 100 cubic meters of slightly radioactive reactor coolant leaked into containment rooms as well as a floor drain system ...

Texas is taking a fight over the country's nuclear waste to the Supreme Court. The issue, a Not In My Backyard dilemma involving toxic radioactive nuclear waste, has been swirling for decades. The ...

General, delivers his opening remarks at the Eighth Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management held in Vienna, ...