Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of ...
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) — The National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory are working to safely depressurize four containers holding nuclear waste that have been in ...
BUCHANAN, New York (CNN) — The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline. It ...
This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Nuclear power plants use nuclear fuel to generate electricity by a fission reaction, which involves atoms splitting. After a few ...
The healthcare sector is generating a growing volume of single-use plastic waste. One in particular, saline container waste, is causing concern, as these containers are made from non-biodegradable ...
Researchers have developed a method to convert medical saline containers into clean-burning fuel using pyrolysis and nanotechnology. It may offer a sustainable solution to plastic waste and energy ...