Most people have probably heard the term “nuclear waste,” but not many know exactly what it is and why it’s a big federal energy policy concern. It may also surprise some to hear that we have a big nuclear waste problem in the United States—a problem that has nothing to do with knowing how to...

Nuclear fission generates about 20% of the United States’ electricity. The US is investing billions of dollars into nuclear. Will it pay off?

Deep Isolation, the company that's developed a novel new nuclear waste disposal technology, hopes Congress' overwhelming support for the ADVANCE Act will lend its efforts some political momentum.

US Navarro Research & Engineering, and Deep Isolation have entered into a strategic partnership to advance the safe disposal of high-level nuclear waste in deep geologic boreholes. 

Deep Isolation has performed two field tests to show that retrieval of nuclear waste packages from a deep borehole is possible using off-the-shelf oil and gas exploration tools. Together, this data and field test results present compelling evidence that retrievability from boreholes can be assured if retrievability is desired for a given period of time.

Deep Isolation and its partners have built a first prototype of a nuclear waste disposal canister. It’s an important step toward a working system to safely dispose of spent fuel in boreholes deep beneath the Earth’s surface.

Deep Isolation and partners including the Nuclear AMRC have completed the manufacture of a full-size prototype canister for the safe geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in deep boreholes.

Pairing a used fuel recycling facility with deep borehole disposal technology could reduce the total volume of waste requiring disposal in a deep geologic repository by greater than 90%, a study by Deep Isolation and SHINE Technologies has found.

Fermi Energia, an Estonian company pioneering the use of small modular reactor (SMR) technology to support energy security and a net-zero energy market for Estonia, has announced that it has selected Deep Isolation’s technology as its solution for storage and disposal of SMR spent fuel.

Eestisse tuumajaama rajamise eest seisev Fermi Energia ja USA radioaktiivsete materjalide ning tuumajäätmete geoloogilise ladustamisega tegelev ettevõte Deep Isolation otsustasid jätkata Eestisse tuumajäätmete lõppladustuse rajamise uuringuid.