radioactive-waste

Finland

How does Finland handle radioactive waste? By burying it

Finland's answer to nuclear waste is burying it.

16 January 2019

World News

Harmless radioactive cloud floating over Europe 'came from Russia'

France's nuclear security institute confirmed the detection of ruthenium-106 in Europe but said it had no impact on human health

10 November 2017

France

Europe baffled by "recent release" of radioactive Iodine-131

Trace amounts of radioactive Iodine-131 have been detected in seven countries ranging from Norway to Spain, which has baffled European authorities

23 February 2017

Greenland

Greenland: rising temperatures risk releasing atomic waste from Cold War US base

There are fears nuclear waste buried underneath the ice in Greenland could escape because of rising global temperatures.

26 September 2016

Iraq

Missing radioactive material found at petrol station

Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near the country’s southern town of Zubair. It is not clear how the material

21 February 2016

Mexico

Alert in Mexico after thieves steal radioactive material

Five states in Mexico have been put on high alert after the theft of a radioactive substance described by authorities as “very dangerous”. A van

16 April 2015

Europe

Going underground: fault lines exposed in Europe's nuclear waste disposal strategy

27 June 2014