It is estimated that at least 200,000 barrels of nuclear waste are in the Northeast Atlantic alone. Between the 1950s and the 1980s, large quantities of nuclear waste were dumped into the oceans.

Ever since the 1950s, the United States has been searching for a place to bury its nuclear waste, which remains radioactive for tens of thousands of years. In 1987, against the will of Nevadans, the ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – A state report is claiming the Los Alamos National Laboratory lost track of 250 barrels filled with nuclear waste. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the contractor wh… ...

Scientists from various disciplines are spending a month at sea to locate these barrels, which were submerged between 1950 and 1990, and to assess their impact on marine biodiversity.

Los Alamos National Laboratory has identified 45 barrels of radioactive waste so potentially explosive — due to being mixed with incompatible chemicals — that crews have been told not to move ...