Below the layers of Yucca Mountain
A retired USGS geologist shares his experience of working on the publicly misunderstood nuclear waste repository and its geology.

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A retired USGS geologist shares his experience of working on the publicly misunderstood nuclear waste repository and its geology.

Sellafield awards $6B ‘high hazard risk reduction’ framework contract
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Deep Isolation licenses its disposal technology to fed contractor Navarro
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation Nuclear announced it has signed a technology licensing agreement with government contractor Navarro Research and Engineering, giving...

IAEA to work with WM Symposia on nuclear waste management
WM Symposia, which hosts the annual Waste Management Conference in Phoenix, Ariz., announced it has signed a practical arrangement with the International Atomic Energy Agency aimed at...

Amentum plans to add 3,000 U.K. nuclear jobs, receives WM contract
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U.K.’s NWS gets input from young people on geological disposal
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DOE-EM sees nearly $2M in savings in naval reactor D&D recycling
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management said the Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) has recycled more than 2,100 tons of noncontaminated metal debris since 2022 as it works to...
