The nuclear watchdog has issued an improvement notice after two railway wagons carrying nuclear waste crashed. It happened on the Sellafield site, in Cumbria, which manages more radioactive waste in ...

During the Cold War, the U.S. stashed nuclear waste—or accidentally dispersed it—in several sites around the world. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released an update on ...

Sweden recently began constructing a final storage facility for its spent nuclear fuel. The facility will safely store highly radioactive waste for an extended period, specifically 100,000 years.

The Office for Nuclear Regulation said no-one was injured but there could have been serious consequences. The nuclear watchdog has issued an improvement notice after two railway wagons carrying ...