In Finland, experts hope they have found a viable solution: burying the waste in bedrock over 1,000 feet underground. More ...

ASSERGI, Italy – In a research lab under almost a mile of rock and a six-centimeter-thick shield created from boiled-down lead from an ancient Roman shipwreck, physicists are observing a rare form of ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new and faster method for detecting and measuring the radioactivity of minuscule amounts of radioactive ...

Facilities that work with radioactive materials require practical solutions for small quantities of isotopes and radioactive waste.