Cumbrian councillors visit France to look at storage of high level nuclear waste underground.

A Green MEP has called for the Centraco nuclear waste treatment site in Marcoule to be shut down, as the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) begins an inquiry into a blast there yesterday (12 September) that killed one man and injured four others, one with severe burns. More »

The Fukushima nuclear reactors in Japan continues to smolder, burn and spew nuclear waste, but the big story is overshadowed by trivialities like a Weiner! As the world is told that the crisis in Japan is contained and under control there is some anecdotal evidence that suggests otherwise! Is there a place in this story for conspiracy theorists? Given the short attention span of the world, the Fuk...

European Union member states would be required to draw up detailed plans to build underground facilities to store nuclear waste under a new proposal approved by the European Commission

The European Commission will promote underground storage as the safest option for storing nuclear waste, according to a leaked proposal which has already irked environmentalists.

The Hungarian EU Presidency, to be held in the first half of 2011, wants to conclude EU legislation on regulating the disposal of nuclear waste and spent fuel. EurActiv Hungary reports.

A site for the long-term storage of the UK's nuclear waste could be under preparation within five years, but only if the government agency responsible is spared drastic cuts

The European Commission will table legislative proposals on the treatment of nuclear waste by the year's end, its president José Manuel Barroso announced yesterday (8 March) during a major OECD-hosted conference on civil nuclear power in Paris.

Only a handful of countries have the expertise and technology for nuclear reprocessing, in which spent nuclear fuel rods from power stations are chopped up and boiled in acid to extract uranium and plutonium for reuse in a reactor. The by-product is a concentrated form of vitrified nuclear waste that is

NUCLEAR waste could be stored permanently at sites across Scotland, including East Lothian, if proposals by the Scottish Government are approved.