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Once the Uranium Capital of the World, Moab, Utah, wants to unload its radioactive legacy
The nuclear era in the US scars landscapes across the country. Cleanup crews and outdoor lovers in Moab, Utah, are eyeing recovery.
How nature has taken over Chernobyl
Since humans abandoned the area, nature has reclaimed the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
A microscopic fungus could mop up our Cold War-era nuclear waste
This hardcore yeast thrives amidst acid and radiation.
A tunnel collapsed at the Hanford nuclear waste site on Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know.
It sounds scary, but we're probably fine
Britain’s Main Nuclear Waste Site Almost Certain To Leak In Near Future, Agency Says
This is why you don't put radioactive dumps next to the ocean.
Uncle Sam Wants You To Store Our Nation’s Radioactive Waste
Which town will be the first to say YIMBY?
New Magnet-Powered Monitor Installed In Nuke Waste Sites Could Survive 100 Years
Today in cleverly designed solutions to old problems: University of Bristol engineers have devised a “hundred-year battery” that could report...
Video: Nevada Nuclear Site Hires Autonomous Robotic Sentries To Provide Security
Anyone trying to get onto the grounds of the Nevada National Security Site – the installation housing tens of millions...
Seven Big-Thinking Proposals For Dealing With Nuclear Waste
Nuclear energy is looking like it will be a big part of a fossil-fuel-free future in the U.S. But the big question remains as big as ever: What's to be done with the waste it generates?
