Swedish radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering (SKB) has begun excavation works to extend its Final ...

Distrust over the federal government’s ability to build a permanent repository played a critical role in committee’s decision to kill controversial ‘temporary’ storage bill.

Cañon City in southern Colorado is still dealing with the fallout of radioactive contamination from decades ago. A nuclear ...

Nuclear power producers want to put spent fuel rods below ground near Ignace, but some grassroots groups continue to oppose ...

A new nuclear waste shelter in Sweden, among the first in the world of its kind, follows political ambitions and a sudden ...

A ground-breaking ceremony has taken place marking the start the construction of Sweden’s final repository for used nuclear ...

Blasting work 45 metres below ground has begun, marking the start of the expansion of Sweden's existing SFR final repository ...

Provided by the Department of Energy Adrian Hedden El Rito [email protected] Nuclear waste shipments to a ...

Sweden has started building a nuclear waste repository to store radioactive waste deep underground near the Forsmark nuclear ...

Finland's Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has said it is on track to complete its assessment of Posiva Oy's operating ...

The repository's design aims to provide protection for 100,000 years and withstand geological changes, climate-related disasters, and future ice ages.

The facility is operated by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB), which has been working since the 1980s to develop a permanent solution. The repository, situated 500 meters ...