Michael Allen investigates claims from academia and industry that the next generation of nuclear fuels could reduce the risk of accidents
Read article: Ten years after Fukushima: could new fuels make nuclear power safer?
New study finds traces of the substance inside emitted caesium-rich particles
Read article: Fukushima may have scattered plutonium widely
Findings could enhance our understanding of existing ceramic materials and hasten the development of better ones – including in nuclear energy applications
Read article: Radiation alters ceramic grain boundaries
Accelerated corrosion process could release radioactive material
Read article: High-level nuclear waste storage vessels could degrade much faster than previously thought
The nuclear industry could benefit from muon radiography when dealing with their radioactive waste. Edwin Cartlidge explains the imaging potential of this technique
Read article: Muons: probing the depths of nuclear waste
Accidental discovery made while studying plutonium oxide nanoparticles
Read article: Surprisingly stable plutonium compound could affect nuclear waste storage
Injecting granular carbonates could create cake-like structures in damaged reactors
Read article: How to stop a nuclear meltdown by leavening the reactor core like a loaf of bread
Researchers are building a radiation map of the Chernobyl exclusion zone
Read article: Taking a bird’s-eye view of Chernobyl
Can drones be used to map radiation levels around the Chernobyl nuclear site? Peter Martin and Tom Scott visit the exclusion zone surrounding the plant to find out
Read article: Glimpsing Chernobyl’s hidden hotspots
Radiation researcher Richard Wakeford discusses the lessons learned from nuclear accidents
Read article: Chernobyl’s legacy and why assessing radiation risk is so difficult
