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While attendance at the 2025 Waste Management Conference was noticeably down this year due to the ongoing federal retrenchment, the conference, held March 9-13 in Phoenix, Ariz., still drew a healthy and diverse crowd of people working on the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle, both domestically and internationally.
Nuclear methods for screwworm eradication
Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced the launch of a coordinated research project focused on a nuclear technique that can tackle the reemergence of New World screwworm...
IAEA seeks research proposals to develop smart biomaterials for health care
The International Atomic Energy Agency is seeking research proposals for a new initiative launched by its Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications called Smart Biomaterials for Next...
IAEA schedules August launch of ATLAS maritime nuclear initiative
The International Atomic Energy Agency intends to launch a new initiative at the IAEA ministerial in Washington, D.C. on August 26–27. The objective of the initiative, called Atomic...
Kazakhstan partners with Russia for new nuclear power plant
Today, there are 34 countries with operational nuclear power plants—but there are dozens more working on building a nuclear plant of their own. While progress on these projects inevitably...
IAEA applies nuclear science to help beekeeping industry in Chile
Of the many and varied uses of nuclear science and technology, few may be aware of its applications in the detection of food adulteration. Also known as food fraud, food adulteration is the...
WM2026: Leveraging advanced technology and innovation
The noticeable exuberance within the nuclear community as a whole appears to have spilled over into the waste management sphere as well, judging from the 2026 Waste Management Conference, held...
IAEA looks at nuclear techniques for crop resilience
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched a five-year coordinated research project (CRP) to strengthen plant health preparedness using nuclear and related technologies.Wheat blast,...
Kenya, Rwanda eye nuclear reactors
Kenya and Rwanda are continuing to make progress toward deployment of their first nuclear reactors sometime in the near future, according to recent developments coming out of the African...
EnergySolutions to be reacquired by investment firm ECP
The investment firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP) is to reacquire nuclear services company EnergySolutions from TriArtisan Capital Advisors, it was announced yesterday. Terms of the...
IAEA provides updates on Iran nuclear facilities
Today, the American Nuclear Society issued a press release joining the International Atomic Energy Agency’s calls for maximum military restraint around nuclear power plants and civilian...