DOE Initiative May Provide Long-Term US Waste Solution, But Policy Changes Needed, Says Legal Expert
Other countries, including Finland, Sweden, and Canada, making speedier progress towards final repositories
Radioactive Waste
Lithuania Completes Decommissioning Of Soviet-Era Radwaste Storage Facility
After 10-year project site near Vilnius no longer classified as ‘nuclear’
Belgium Begins Building Long-Planned Repository For Radioactive Waste
Dessel facility designed to serve for a period of at least 300 years
Deep Isolation Licenses Borehole Waste Disposal Technology To Federal Contractor Navarro
Company sees deal as step toward commercialisation
Japan Utility Finds ‘Technically Feasible’ Site For Interim Spent Fuel Storage
Facility needed as nuclear plants are running out of space
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