A Bechtel-led entity has won a potential 10-year, $3 billion contract from the Department of Energy to manage and operate the only domestic facility for disposal of defense-generated transuranic waste ...

Radioactive waste arises fromdiverse sources, including the operation of nuclear power plants, nuclear fuelcycle facilities, and the application of radionuclides in research, healthcare,accelerators, ...

Radioactive waste is generated from the operation of nuclear power plants, nuclear fuel cycle facilities and from the use of radionuclides in research, health care, accelerators and industrial ...