It was not immediately clear how the transport container with the radioactive package had gone missing. The International Atomic Energy Agency defines Category 2 on a scale of one to five as 'very ...

An alarm was triggered after radioactive material apparently leaked from a rusted container storing contaminated waste from the early days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The incident showed ...

However, the copper containers located in the caverns of the test tunnel don’t yet contain radioactive waste, but only heating elements that simulate the heat release of the waste. After the ...

Storing this highly radioactive material - in its current form - is expensive and difficult. It needs to be frequently repackaged, because radiation damages the containers it's kept in.