Managing the spent fuel arising from nuclear power plants until its disposal is an important step of the nuclear fuel cycle and constitutes the so-called back-end. While one third of the spent fuel ...

Entrance to ONKALO, Finland’s deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel. (Photo: Posiva Oy) As the world looks to alternatives to fossil fuels to combat climate change, several countries are ...

If the spent fuel is recycled — the U.S. doesn't reuse it yet — more than 90% of it could still generate power, per the ...

Officials with the state of Idaho and the U.S. Department of Energy have agreed to a waiver of the state’s 1995 nuclear waste ...

An agreement that limits the shipment of spent nuclear fuel to Idaho is being waived for research purposes at Idaho National ...

more than 400 reactors in 31 countries have produced about 430,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel, and until now no one has developed a permanent solution for disposing of it. The International ...