BERLIN (AP) — Germany has launched a new search for a site to store its most radioactive nuclear waste, eliminating a disputed site at a former salt mine that was earmarked decades ago and has long ...

The second of three planned shipments of high-level radioactive waste has left the Sellafield site in northwest England and is being transported by rail and sea to its destination at the Isar interim ...

Illegal waste dumping. File photo: Source - F Moreau Lille3, CC SA 3,0 Illegal waste dumping. File photo: Source - F Moreau Lille3, CC SA 3,0 A complaint has been filed to the European Commission ...

A banner on a bridge left by Greenpeace activists protesting against shipment of nuclear waste from Germany to Russia. Getty Images Officials in Germany are scrambling to find a location to bury ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of ...

Inside a zero-waste store in Berlin. First opened in 2013, Original Unverpackt was one of Germany's first zero-waste stores, and has since opened a number of locations across the country. Photo by ...

Seven containers filled with nuclear waste were transferred from ship to train in northern Germany for transport to Bavaria. But Germany still has no permanent storage solution for its radioactive ...

When it comes to sustainability, you might know Germany best for its renewable energy ambitions and efforts to reduce carbon pollution. While these initiatives have been largely driven by government ...

Currently, there are 17 nuclear reactors at 12 different sites in Germany. According to a 2002 amendment to the country’s 1959 Atomic Energy Act, each reactor has a fixed amount of megawatt hours that ...