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NUCLEAR WASTE CLEANUP
1,500 residents were displaced from Hanford in 1943; 83 years later, the Washington site holds about 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous wasteIn 1943, residents were uprooted from their homes to create the Hanford nuclear site, which played a crucial role in generating plutonium f...- In a 2011 Oak Ridge case study, ethanol-fed microbes cut uranium in groundwater from 40-60 mg/L to below the US drinking-water limitBy utilizing ethanol injections, researchers effectively stimulated indigenous bacteria to aid in the cleanup of uranium contamination. Thi...
- Since 1958, tidal groundwater has continued moving beneath Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands, where 85,000 cubic meters of radioactive material rest; now rising Pacific seas are raising questions about the future of the 115-meter-wide structureTidal groundwater moves freely beneath Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands. Built over a nuclear crater, the 115-meter concrete structure ho...
- US turns decades-old radioactive waste into nuclear power technology that could keep underwater drones running for nearly 30 yearsAmerica is turning decades-old strontium-90 radioactive waste from Oak Ridge into a potential source of long-lasting nuclear power. Zeno Po...
- In a looming nuclear arms race, aging Los Alamos faces a major testThe challenges facing America's nuclear bomb core production at Los Alamos National Laboratory couldn't be starker. The PF-4 building, old ...
- US strikes Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan: What happens when a nuclear site is bombed and how to survive radiationPresident Trump announced a coordinated US-Israeli strike, obliterating Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, employin...
- US government shutdown: What closes, what stays open?All eyes are the Congress now. Here is what will happen if it fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting October 1.
- 'Oppenheimer' sheds new light on the legacies of the Manhattan Project: Nuclear legacy, public health hazards, and governmental secrecyAs Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" brings attention to the creation of nuclear weapons during World War II, the consequences of the ...
- What's happening at Fukushima plant 12 years after meltdown?The plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, aims to have the facilities ready by spring. TEPCO needs a safety approval fro...
- 11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertainEleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami, the plan...
- US nuclear weapons agency hacked in massive cybersecurity breachThe officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) on Thursday started coordinating no...
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