The nuclear energy "tomb", named Onkalo, has cost the Finnish government £860 million and is said to be “a model for the ...

The search for a site to store toxic waste from across the country has ended just north of Lake Superior, near Ignace, Ont.

The question of how to dispose of nuclear waste is more important than ever, because the world is going through something of a nuclear renaissance. After years of fear about nuclear power plant ...

Canada selects Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation and Ignace to host its first deep geological repository for used nuclear fuel.

As a physicist and concerned citizen, I find myself outraged every time I scroll through social media and encounter tweets ...

This is one of several misconceptions about nuclear energy: America’s nuclear waste is not buried in a mountain or tucked at the bottom of a deep, rocky cavern. It is sealed away in coffin-like ...

The byproduct of nuclear energy is still associated with atomic bombs or nuclear meltdowns, but what comes out of reactors is ...

Some have experienced costly safety- and age-related problems. All of them face unresolved questions around nuclear waste. But the low-carbon electricity provided by existing nuclear power plants is ...

The damp conditions at Oskarshamn are perfect for testing nuclear waste containers, says Ylva Stenqvist Earlier this year the Swedish government approved plans for a real geological disposal ...