The first-ever 'tomb' for nuclear waste, located nearly 1,500 feet below ... for unforeseen geological changes that could compromise containment over thousands of years. Posiva claimed that ...

But nuclear energy brings plenty of risks ... accidents can still happen. If waste containment fails, she said, highly radioactive material could be released into soil, groundwater and air.

At Manchester we’re improving the management of radioactive waste and decommissioning ... underpinning research into the safe containment and disposal of radioactive wastes, decommissioning of ...

When asked about the dangers and problems of nuclear waste containment and disposal, Huebsch said the same could be said about fossil fuels. “There is no good waste disposal plan for oil and coal,” ...

This township along the Trans-Canada Highway may be Canada first host municipality for an underground nuclear waste facility, but it might not be the only one – eventually. The Nuclear Waste ...

The outer steel dome of the nuclear island containment building of unit 3 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in China's Shandong province has been hoisted into place. (Image: SPIC) The dome - ...

The planned containment mound, to be built at ground surface level, is designed to hold up to one million cubic metres of radioactive low-level nuclear waste. But First Nations from Ontario and ...