Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drum of nuclear waste ruptured 10 years ago in the underground of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant repository near Carlsbad, ...

Nelson’s appointment comes as Deep Isolation accelerates its momentum. Just weeks after launching its full-scale demonstration program at the Deep Borehole Demonstration Center near Cameron, Texas, ...

Nuclear waste managers could not financially justify proposed changes in how the materials are handled for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Repository, during a public hearing Wednesday in ...

A Berkeley-based company has started its full-scale demonstration program for nuclear waste disposal. Deep ...

BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. (“Deep Isolation” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, today announced the ...

An elevator used to move mined salt out of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant drew concerns from federal oversight officials as gradually collapsing salt put excess stress on the hoist. The salt “creep” ...

A series of incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste repository, including contamination found on a waste drum, led to a temporary pause of operations in the last month. The ...

Federal officials gathered Tuesday in southern New Mexico to mark the 25th anniversary of the nation's only underground repository for radioactive waste resulting from decades of nuclear research and ...

Deep Isolation Launches Full-Scale Demonstration Program For Nuclear Waste Disposal. Groundbreaking Event officially kicks off deep borehole demonstration program, the first full-scale, at depth test ...

Attendees questioned the transparency of nuclear waste operations at a federal repository near Carlsbad during a public meeting held Wednesday on proposed changes to the site’s permit to operate, ...