As the world looks to alternatives to fossil fuels to combat climate change, several countries are developing nuclear power programmes to provide a sustainable source of low carbon energy. Countries ...

A growing number of countries are planning a permanent solution to the issue of radioactive waste by burying it deep underground. Schemes take many years to plan, and many more years to build, but ...

Side events organized by the Secretariat during the 65th General ConferenceImplementing a Deep geological repository (DGR) for radioactive waste is a central enabler of sustainable nuclear power ...

DeepGEO, a multinational spent nuclear fuel (SNF) repository developer, and Copenhagen Atomics, a Danish advanced thorium reactor innovator, have signed a first-of-its-kind collaboration agreement ...

Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of used solid fuel from nuclear power plants worldwide and millions of liters of radioactive liquid waste from weapons production sitting in temporary ...

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has chosen Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation (WLON) and the Township of Ignace as the host communities for Canada's first deep geological repository for ...

Sweden has broken ground on its final repository for spent nuclear fuel (SNF)—a milestone reached after 40 years of research and development—making it the world’s second deep geological repository ...

Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization, the nonprofit responsible for long-term management of the country’s used nuclear power plant fuel, has selected companies to plan, design, build and ...

ANDRA. (n.d.) Stepwise development of Cigéo and timeline of the associated decisions. https://international.andra.fr/stepwise-development-cigeo-and-timeline ...

After more than eight years of preparation, Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization has completed a full-scale demonstration of the engineered barriers that will safely contain and isolate the ...

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 5, 2026 /CNW/ - The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (the NWMO) is proposing a new underground deep geological repository system designed to safely contain and isolate used ...

Editor’s note: This article is published after the passing away of Rod Ewing. The draft manuscript was prepared by both authors. It has been lightly edited for style, length, and clarity. Additional ...