The Nuclear Waste Management Organization has proposed building a nuclear waste repository at a site in northern Ontario. But nearby First Nations say they weren’t consulted.
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Such repositories raise complex ethical questions around public safety, particularly given the millennia-long timescales of nuclear waste.
The decades-long struggle to find a permanent place to dispose of nuclear waste will continue, probably for many years to come.
The Energy Department has a dual mission with a heavy science focus and manages large, expensive programs, many of which are behind schedule and over budget.
Some processes that support fusion energy fuel climate change and may harm the environment.
Nuclear power stations produce high-level radioactive waste. It is dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years — and so far, the world has failed to deliver a safe, permanent storage method.
For decades, Australia has sold uranium – but said no to nuclear reactors. That’s set to change, whether in nuclear submarines or even in plans for power plants.
Spent nuclear fuel remains dangerous for so long that languages can disappear and humanity’s very existence cannot be guaranteed. So how do we communicate information about repositories into the future?
Japan has undertaken extensive efforts to decontaminate land in Fukushima – whether they were they right to do so is a complex question.
Japan’s much-criticised plan to release wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific is underway – and many are concerned.
Now that plans for a national radioactive waste management facility near Kimba in South Australia have been abandoned, what next? Let’s learn from our mistakes.
Successive governments have shied away from serious discussions about national security.
Nuclear submarines may offer protection – but they will leave us with a high-level nuclear waste headache
A new process to quickly remove radioactive chemicals from water and other liquids and trap them in a clay-like substance could make nuclear waste management much easier.
Scientists have been working on a solution for decades.
It can be hard to make up your mind about nuclear power. Two scientists help you sort through the arguments and come to your own conclusions.
Radioactive waste from nuclear medicine facilities will be trucked to and buried near the South Australian town of Kimba. But this decision still faces a range of hurdles.
The submarine announcement is sure to trigger a new round of debate on whether nuclear energy is right for Australia. But let’s be clear: the technology makes no sense for Australia.
The thinking behind the idea of a dump near Whyalla goes back 60 years.
Japan’s plan is a terrible idea, but so is our government’s plan to send nuclear waste to South Australia temporarily.
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