Mission documents ecosystem interactions of radioactive waste dumped in the Atlantic between 1950 and 1990

Between 1950 and 1990, more than 200,000 barrels filled with radioactive waste were dumped in the depths of the North-East ...
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Crushed nuclear concrete can trap 98% of radioactive waste in just 48 hours

Researchers in the UK have found that crushed concrete from decommissioned nuclear sites can ...
Radio France Internationale

In Finland, radioactive spent nuclear fuel soon to be buried underground

The elevator display reads "433", the number of metres below ground. The doors slide open, revealing the entrance to what is ...
Daily Energy Insider

NRC proposes new rule for disposing of high-activity radioactive waste

A rule proposed June 25 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) aims to set updated federal regulations for disposing of ...
Time

How the Atomic Age Left Us a Half-Century of Radioactive Waste

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Business Insider

Most surprising facts about the radioactive particles that poison the air after a nuclear bomb detonates

Nuclear blasts create dangerous fallout — residual radioactive material that travels high into the air, cools into dust, and eventually settles back to the ground, poisoning it in the process. Most ...
NPR

5 things to know about Japan's Fukushima water release in the Pacific

Workers in Japan have started releasing treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The plant was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake and massive ...