Capsules containing 30% of the radioactivity at the Hanford nuclear site are stored in a decaying underwater pool.

The first capsules of high-level radioactive waste have been removed from a water-filled pool at the Hanford nuclear site to prepare them for safer dry storage in steel-lined, reinforced-concrete ...

Uranium fuel irradiated in Hanford reactors was chemically processed to remove plutonium. The stew of 56 million gallons of ...

Uranium fuel irradiated in Hanford reactors was chemically processed to remove plutonium. The stew of 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste from processing is stored in 177 ...

Nuclear innovation company TerraPower is building the plant through a public–private partnership with the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. TerraPower is the only ...

The Hanford nuclear site is preparing for many Department of Energy workers to be furloughed starting Monday. Contractor employees, who account for the majority of Hanford jobs, will work as long as ...

TerraPower has submitted its Natrium reactor and energy storage system into the UK's Generic Design Assessment process in the company's first regulatory step to deploying the technology in an ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor operates under strict safety standards with skilled teams who ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife wants public feedback on the purchase of an additional 3,451 acres to expand the Wenas Wildlife Area in Kittitas County. High elevation and a good water ...

Today’s pressurized water reactors (PWRs) are marvels of nuclear fission technology that enable gigawatt-scale power stations ...

A new race to the moon is underway; not merely to erect flags, but to prospect for and extract water and helium-3, establish nuclear power plants and capitalize on the economic and strategic ...