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Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of ...

A private company that designs and manufactures parts for nuclear reactors has abandoned a project in New Mexico that sought to store nuclear waste from commercial power plants for an unspecified ...

The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new underground storage areas. The Waste Isolation Pilot ...

COVERT, MI — Stacked in neat rows, concrete and steel nuclear waste casks look not unlike large soda cans. But rather than a tasty beverage, the canisters contain spent fuel rods filled with used ...

The two nuclear reactors at FPL Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Homestead, Florida. (D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON ...

A sign warning of radioactive materials is seen on a fence around a nuclear reactor containment building on April 26, 2021, a few days before it stopped generating electricity at Indian Point Energy ...

LEWISTON, N.Y. — After decades of studies, community meetings, and public outcry, Manhattan Project-era radioactive material is finally being removed from a storage site in Lewiston. "It's great to ...

The material’s energy density is more than 1,000 MJ per m 3, has a long lifetime, and it can be charged and discharged within minutes. The researchers say the material could be useful for capturing ...

This structure was designed to act as a host for stearic acid, a common organic phase change material known for its high heat storage capacity but persistent leakage issues. The chitin-derived carbon ...

Chloride ions, abundant in seawater, could replace lithium in future rechargeable batteries, reducing dependence on limited lithium reserves. Leveraging chloride ions enhances the redox chemistry of ...