Waste

Energy Saving

Towards More Efficient and Eco-Friendly Thermoelectric Oxides With Hydrogen Substitution

Today, over half of the total energy produced from fossil fuels is discarded as waste heat, which accelerates global warming. If we could convert the waste heat…

Battery Recycling

Glencore, Iberdrola Partner on Lithium-Ion Battery Circularity Solutions

Mining giant Glencore, Spain-based utility Iberdrola and commercial waste management firm FCC are partnering to develop lithium-ion battery circularity solution…

Hydrogen Production

Idemitsu Launches Feasibility Study in Japan Into Clean Hydrogen Production From Waste

Idemitsu Kosan, one of Japan’s leading producers and suppliers of energy, has launched a feasibility study of clean hydrogen production in Japan generated…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

NPR Podcast Highlights Perspectives on Nuclear Energy

Nuclear energy was the focus of a recent NPR 1A podcast episode, hosted by journalist Jenn White, who welcomed guests to discuss the role of nuclear energy in t…

Nuclear waste

France’s Andra Seeks to Increase Low-Level Waste Storage Capacity

France’s National Agency for the management of radioactive waste (Andrea - l’Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs) has ap…

Nuclear waste

Radiological Operations of Idaho’s IWTU Begin

IWTU operators prepare to introduce radiological sodium-bearing liquid waste into the facility Tuesday. (Photo: DOE)More than a decade after construction was de…

Spent Fuel

Application to Raise Capacity of French Very-Low-Level Waste Repository

French radioactive waste management agency Andra has applied to the department of Aube in north-eastern France for environmental permission to increase the curr…

Spent Fuel

Climate Group Argues for Recycling Used Fuel in Fast Reactors

Report author Mark Lynas and RePlanet’s Joel Scott-Halkes stand next to a canister of spent nuclear fuel at the Sizewell plant in the United Kingdom. (Pho…

Nuclear waste

SKB Takes Over Forsmark Harbour

Sweden's radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) has taken over Forsmark's port from former owner Forsmark&#…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Conversions From Diesel to Hydrogen Trucks Are Drawing Interest

• Retrofitting existing vehicles to run on H2 allows fleet owners to reduce emissions and maintain current assets, saving money and reducing waste.• R…

Hydrogen Technology

Australia’s Hydrogen “Superpower” Dream Could Be Massive Waste of Money, Says Griffith

The well-funded push to make Australia a green hydrogen superpower is shaping up to be a costly economic mistake and a waste of the nation’s abundant rene…

Nuclear Technology

First Step in Rolls-Royce SMR Design Assessment Completed

Rendering of a Rolls-Royce SMR plant. (Image: Rolls-Royce SMR)The United Kingdom’s nuclear regulators—the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the Enviro…

Nuclear Reactor

IAEA Sees Progress in Safety-Related Aspects of Fukushima Water Release Plan

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) task force reviewing the safety of Japan's plan to discharge treated water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi n…

Spent Fuel

Slovenian Used Fuel Storage Facility Commissioned

The first HI-STORM FW cask has been placed into the used fuel dry storage facility at the Krško nuclear power plant in Slovenia, officially marking the f…

Biomass Power Plant

MHIEC Receives Order to Rebuild a Waste-to-Energy Plant in Kita City, Tokyo

-Two Units of Mitsubishi Advanced Forward Acting Stoker System (V-Type Stoker) with High Environmental Performance, First Installation in Japan --- Rebuilding o…