Sweden has initiated the construction of a repository for the long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel in Söderviken, close to the Forsmark nuclear power plant. The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste ...

Distrust over the federal government's ability to build a permanent repository played a critical role in committee’s decision ...

Cañon City in southern Colorado is still dealing with the fallout of radioactive contamination from decades ago. A nuclear ...

Sweden has broken ground on its final repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF)—a milestone reached after 40 years of research and development—making it the world’s second deep geological repository ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Construction crews in New Taipei broke ground on a facility that will be used to store spent nuclear fuel rods from the Kuosheng Nuclear reactor decommissioned in 2023. The dry ...

Chugoku Electric will develop the facility jointly with Kansai Electric Power Co. If the plan is realized, it would be the second interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Japan.

Two much-watched advanced nuclear fuel technology companies—Oklo and Lightbridge—will consider co-locating their commercial ...

The final repository will accommodate 12,000 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel encapsulated in 6,000 copper canisters. Photo: Reuters FORSMARK, Sweden -- Sweden started building a final storage facility ...

The company had promised the prefecture to find a candidate site for a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel from its three nuclear plants in the prefecture by the end of this year.

Sweden has started building a final storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, only the second such site in the world, where highly radioactive waste will be stored for 100,000 years.