Workers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have started dismantling water storage tanks to free up space for tonnes ...

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The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge ...

It’s been more than 30 years since there were any discussions of storing nuclear waste in Colorado. Before revisiting that debate, it is important to understand the three major waste ...

Despite growing support for nuclear energy nationally and here in Wyoming, there are simply too many concerns to entertain the possibility of opening the state to the country's growing stockpile of ...

When nuclei are unstable they may emit ionising radiation to become more stable. How can radioactive materials be used safely? - OCR 21st Century People are exposed to sources of radiation in all ...

The risk associated with radioactive materials depends on the amount of exposure. Being exposed to highly radioactive materials or being exposed to radioactive materials for long periods of time ...

Nuclear energy is crucial for meeting future energy demands as non-renewable resources dwindle and technological needs grow, with projections estimating it ...

From punch card-operated looms in the 1800s to modern cellphones, if an object has an "on" and an "off" state, it can be used ...

A few weeks ago, a fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant in California, the world’s largest collection of batteries ...