Hazardous decision
On shaky ground
Nuclear waste management: Is Finland’s Onkalo facility safe?
The facility, set to begin operation in 2024, isn't based on a foolproof concept
Occupational hazard: Exposure to ionising radiation affects over 24 million workers globally
Behavioural risk factors plays an important role in the worldwide cancer burden and 44% of global cancer deaths are preventable
‘We’ll need a geological repository to store nuclear waste only after 30-40 years’
P K Wattal, director, Nuclear Recycle Group of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, offers insight into the status of nuclear waste …
Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima: And now Zaporizhzhia?
There have been multiple reports of rocket attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ever since Russia occupied it
Nuclear contamination
Thar desert faces threat
Disposing of nuclear waste
>> Too Hot to Touch, the Problem of High Level Nuclear Waste, by William Alley and Rosemarie Alley, Cambridge University Press, US $ 29.9
Hey, let’s twist
Arm-twisted nanotubes to dispose of nuclear waste
Down with the dump
Residents of a Rajasthan village are up in arms over secret plans to store nuclear waste nearby
Dredging of river near Chernobyl could spell disaster for 28 million in Ukraine
Pripyat river is being drained as part of the E40 inland navigation project to connect the Baltic and Black Seas
Sayonara to nuclear
Even if Japan aims to exit nuclear power by 2040, its path remains treacherous
Emerging hazard: Radioactive contamination increasingly found in scraps for recycling, says UN body
Radioactive contaminated metal, if used to manufacture household goods, could pose a potential health problem to unsuspecting consumers: …
Leakage at Kakrapar could be large, warns expert
A Gopalakrishnan is the former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
On thin ice
Trick or treat?
Countries approach communities to say yes to nuclear disposal site near them
Failing to come clean
It is unclear whether the Indian government supports the transfer of nuclear energy technology under the climate convention's Kyoto Protocol
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Will Kolar become India's nuclear waste dumpyard?
Government offices, business houses, educational institutions and cinema halls remain shut in protest against the Centre’s move
Japan to release treated water from Fukushima nuclear plant from August 24
Over 1.3 million tonnes of radioactive water stored from 12 years; UN nuclear watchdog had approved plan in July 2023