MEDICINE & HEALTHA county in Missouri has been dubbed as a cancer cluster due to radium used in making WWII atomic bombs. Learn more about it in this article.
Scientists discovered an unusual microbe that can remove radioactive elements from nuclear waste and save humans from the impacts of radiation. Learn more about the strange bacteria in this article.
For years, TEPCO has been accumulating water containing nuclear waste. Their plans for releasing the contaminated water into the ocean is facing opposition from local fisheries, Greenpeace, and other environmentalists.
The Department of Energy claims that downgrading the risk level of the sludge is necessary. In a move that will roll back safety standards that have been observed for decades, the Trump administration reportedly has plans to reclassify nuclear waste previously listed as "high-level" radioactive to a lower level, in the interest of saving money and time when disposing of the material.
Radioactive waste could be leaking into the Pacific Ocean and the experts could trace it on the “Nuclear Coffin” the US has been keeping in one of its islands in the Pacific Region.
Plutonium sheds light to a new discovery for its use to clean up nuclear waste. The Hanford, Washington State underground tunnel collapse is a wake up call to expedite their research for its disposl. Hanford contains 56 million gallons of radioactive waste kept in underground storage tanks.
Its been 15 years since the budget for the nuclear waste conversion into glass logs was decided. The US State Department granted a $17 billion funding to erect a vitirifation plant for this process. It is still on debate for theses toxins to grout or turn to glass..