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Nuclear techniques to monitor—and prevent—plastic pollution

May 25, 2021, 12:04PMNuclear News

Plastic waste on a Galapagos beach. Sunlight, wind, and waves break down large plastic debris into smaller and smaller pieces to become microplastics. (Photo: F. Oberhaensli/IAEA)

The International Atomic Energy Agency has created a new program, NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), to address the global environmental impact of plastic pollution in oceans. It uses nuclear technology to monitor pollution and also to decrease the volume of plastic waste by using irradiation to complement traditional plastic recycling methods.

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Waste Management 2025: Building a new era of nuclear

April 8, 2025, 3:00PMRadwaste Solutions

While attendance at the 2025 Waste Management Conference was noticeably down this year due to the ongoing federal retrenchment, the conference, held March 9-13 in Phoenix, Ariz., still drew a...

IAEA donates ambulance, medical equipment for Ukraine’s nuclear workforce

April 7, 2025, 12:26PMNuclear News

The United Nations' nuclear watchdog delivered emergency medical supplies to Ukraine last week as part of ongoing aid to the country since its conflict with Russia began in 2022....

Argonne research aims to improve nuclear fuel recycling and metal recovery

April 2, 2025, 12:12PMNuclear News

Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are investigating a used nuclear fuel recycling technology that could lead to a scaled-down and more efficient approach to metal recovery, according...

Kazakhstan is ready to power the world’s green transition

March 26, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear NewsMeirzhan Yussupov

As Western countries accelerate their decarbonization efforts, nuclear power is set to play a key role in achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. For instance, the United Kingdom’s goal of...

IAEA: Tritium levels in discharged Fukushima water well below limits

March 18, 2025, 9:30AMRadwaste Solutions

The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that its experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the latest batch of water to be released from the Fukushima Daiichi...

Fires extinguished at Chernobyl following drone strike

March 13, 2025, 3:00PMNuclear News

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has finally gained full control over a blaze that started February 14 after a drone struck the protective dome over the destroyed reactor from the 1986...

My story: Edward Warman—ANS member since 1960

February 26, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear NewsEd Warman

We welcome ANS members with long careers in the community to submit their own stories so that the personal history of nuclear power can be capured. For information on submitting your stories,...

IAEA’s Grossi joins international experts to sample Fukushima seawater

February 21, 2025, 7:00AMRadwaste Solutions

International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Mariano Grossi visited Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi site on February 19, where he joined scientists from the Third Institute of...

IAEA: Chernobyl drone strike latest threat to nuclear safety in Ukraine

February 18, 2025, 9:31AMNuclear News

Social media this past weekend streamed with reactionary posts following a drone strike last Friday at the site of the destroyed reactor from the 1986 Chernobyl accident. The drone—armed...

Nuclear connections

February 13, 2025, 12:01PMNuclear News

As I watched the coverage of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s earthly farewell, I reflected on being too young to remember his presidency yet being impacted many years later. A man of...

Nuclear techniques to monitor—and prevent—plastic pollution

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