But nuclear energy creates waste. Spent nuclear fuel sits at 121 sites in 39 states. Some is from military operations, such as powering the Navy’s submarines and aircraft carriers.

Finland is on the cusp of becoming the world's first country to bury spent nuclear fuel in a geological tomb where it will be stored for 100,000 years.

Storage materials "will likely degrade faster than anyone previously knew." The current model the U.S. and other countries plan to use to store high-level nuclear waste may not be as safe as ...

Radioactive waste from nuclear plants is stored in temporary facilities around the world. Finland has a different idea: burying the waste forever, 1,400 ft underground encased in metal.

An elevator rattles down about a kilometre (3,000 feet) below ground in five minutes to reach Germany's nuclear necropolis, a future repository set to to entomb much of its radioactive waste. At ...

Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the answer to the U.S.'s nuclear waste problem, but after 22 years and $9 billion, ... The government, in turn, agreed to find a place to bury the waste.

Nuclear waste disposal causes controversy of its own. The government initially planned to bury its long-term nuclear waste — which can be radioactive for 100,000 years — deep in mines ...

HELSINKI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Finnish Posiva on Friday asked for government permit to construct a final repository for used nuclear fuel, planned to be the first site in the world to start burying ...

Canada said on Thursday it has approved the idea of burying nuclear waste deep in the ground at a single location, a proposal that green activists say is unsafe. Skip to main content.

Sweden recently began constructing a final storage facility for its spent nuclear fuel. The facility will safely store highly radioactive waste for an extended period, specifically 100,000 years ...