(Courtesy: R Cao) Scientists in the US have developed a new type of photovoltaic battery that runs on the energy given off by nuclear waste. The battery uses a scintillator crystal to transform the ...

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Environmental Technology, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China MOE Key Laboratory of ...

biotic waste, metallic and non-metallic waste, and electronic waste. Nineteen CSIR laboratories are collaborating to develop innovative solutions, focusing on three key areas: industrial waste ...

How India can side-step FBR deployment delays A quick solution to tide over this problem could lie in irradiating thorium — the radioactive metallic element named after the Norse god that has been a ...

Effective waste management is crucial in mining operations. A strict classification of organic, biomedical, hazardous, and metallic waste guarantees disposal at certified facilities, protecting ...

Just looking for ways to reduce/use the waste because of the problems with long term storage. Not all nuclear waste is radioactive for the same periods. Inside the industry, they split the waste into ...

The Ministry of Industry has launched a probe into the illegal import of around 10,262 tonnes of powdery waste containing radioactive caesium-137, with documents falsely declaring the material to ...

The Ministry of Industry has launched an investigation into the illegal importation of over 10,000 tonnes of radioactive waste falsely labelled as zinc concentrate. The potentially dangerous material, ...

The specific active surface area and porosity of the pectin/chitosan Mo-MOF hydrogel were determined using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) technique and Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) technique, ...

Eskom’s former chief nuclear officer, Riedewaan Bakardien, will take up the position of CEO of the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) on April 1. Bakardien has more than 20 ...

An official of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency shows the model of a uranium-based battery at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on March 13, 2025.