radioactive waste

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To avoid creating and managing radioactive waste, TAE wants to use a fuel that requires far hotter plasmas than other fusion companies aim for, posing a bigger physics challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

And in Algeria, the precise sites where France buried radioactive waste after its tests there remain undisclosed, the report said.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

They’re managing this thing, selling holdings that look shaky before they turn into radioactive waste.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025

To address concerns about the safety of nuclear power and radioactive waste, Oregon lawmakers created the Nuclear and Thermal Energy Council.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

The government has yet to find a place to permanently store the soil it has scraped from the towns of Fukushima and until they do, the radioactive waste will continue to be a hazard.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland