The waste could instead be solidified at Hanford or in Richland, keeping jobs in Tri-Cities area.

A judge in Michigan has denied the disposal of waste from the Manhattan Project in their jurisdiction over concerns about the conflicting information on the exact nature of the material and its impact ...

LANSING, MI — Legislation that would block the import of radioactive waste to Michigan is advancing in lame duck. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Senate energy and environment committee voted 10-4 to advance ...

A hazardous waste facility in Van Buren Township can resume importing some radioactive waste from cleanup sites around the country, according to an order from a Wayne County judge, although waste from ...

Geological disposal, optimized materials and greater use of digital tools to enhance communication with stakeholders are among the innovations the nuclear industry is developing to address outstanding ...

Some 2,000 gallons of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste that had been stored in underground tanks has been shipped off the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington for disposal after it is ...

This story was updated to add new information. A Wayne County Circuit Judge has — at least temporarily — halted shipments of radioactive waste from a New York site to a hazardous waste landfill in Van ...

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Radioactive waste from the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II is coming to Wayne County. In September, thousands of tons of the toxic material ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon as ...

The heat produced by the radioactive waste strikes you when you enter the storage site of Ontario Power Generation at the ...