This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The question of how to dispose of nuclear waste is more ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Fionna Samuels about the use of vitrification to safely store nuclear waste at a former weapons site in ...

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 ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 ...