The elevator display reads "433", the number of metres below ground. Above ground, the spent nuclear fuel will be ...

State officials aren't convinced DOE's plan would result in more Hanford site waste treated for disposal.

Four kilometres beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the reach of sunlight and far from shipping lanes, lies a ...

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Fifty years old this month, Kraftwerk's single Radioactivity was a groundbreaking track that morphed into the German ...

Nuclear bombs are universally feared for their catastrophic power and the long-lasting consequences they can inflict. At ground zero, buildings can be obliterated, causing massive loss of life, while ...

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory study shows that the formation of radioactive fallout is more complex than some ...