Finland has granted Posiva Oy an operating license for Onkalo, the world’s first licensed deep geological repository for ...
The first final disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel received an operating license through 2070, covering up to 6,500 ...
Finland's government has granted an operating license for the world's first permanent repository for radioactive spent ...
As nuclear power’s role in the global energy mix grows, so does the need for sustainable practices to maximize its prospects. With spent nuclear fuel retaining about 90% of its potential energy, ...
Dublin, May 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Spent Nuclear Fuel Management and Recycling Market - A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Product, Application, and Country Analysis- Analysis and ...
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Why Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Is Recycling in Name Only

Reprocessing promises to recycle nuclear waste, but it fails on technology, cost, security, and waste management—and distracts from the nuclear technologies that actually work.
Finland has become the first country in the world to grant an operating licence for a final repository for spent nuclear fuel ...
When it comes to nuclear energy, used nuclear fuel is not fully depleted or useless material. That's because conventional light-water reactors extract less than 5% of the total energy potential from ...
BLSK Energy has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Argonne National Laboratory to commercialize pyroprocessing, a high-temperature method capable of extracting reusable fuel ...
The Shadow of a 28th Delay Looms Beyond 'Fiscal Year 2026'The spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant under construction in ...
COVERT, MI — Holtec has removed a nuclear fuel assembly that was damaged during reactor loading and halted the Palisades nuclear plant’s restart nearly two months ago. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Holtec ...
Unlike fossil fuels, nuclear fuel does not undergo combustion — a chemical reaction with oxygen that produces heat and emissions. Instead, it transforms at the atomic level, making it a powerful and ...