It is for these reasons that fast reactors have been under development for decades in several countries, primarily as breeders and, in recent years, also as high-level waste burners. Sodium cooled ...

MSRs also generate less high-level waste, and their design does not require solid fuel, eliminating the need for building and disposing of it. These reactors can adapt to a variety of nuclear fuel ...

At the moment, Finland is the leading nation in developing a permanent, deep geological repository for high-level nuclear waste. The operations are expected to start by 2026. Now, Sweden is taking ...

The State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine DIYaRU – Derzhavna Inspektsiya Yadernovo Ukraini) has amended the licence issued ...

The Japanese government and nuclear power plant operators have long grappled with how to dispose of spent fuel and other high-level radioactive waste. Authorities finally settled on the approach ...

Lot 0' is temporary storage for low- and intermediate-level long-lived waste as well as high-level waste. This is within the Liquid and Solid Waste Storage Facility and was commissioned in 2010. 'Lot ...

The Kishida administration has unveiled a policy initiative to deal with high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants through “united government-wide” efforts. The government plans ...

“However, I will not allow Washington to impose its will on West Texas regarding the temporary disposal of high-level nuclear waste simply because the Nuclear Regulatory Commission can’t - or ...

TSUSHIMA, Nagasaki Prefecture—An incumbent mayor who opposes building a final disposal site for high-level radioactive waste on this island was elected to a third term on March 3. Naoki ...