2 days ago · Researchers aim to transmute long-lived nuclear waste into shorter-lived materials while generating additional carbon-free electricity for the US power grid.

Nuclear waste becomes clean energy as Jefferson Lab's particle accelerators reduce storage time by 99.7% while generating electricity for the grid.

5 days ago · Particle accelerator technologies, such as this niobium-tin particle accelerator cavity, are inspiring efforts to reduce the radioactivity of nuclear waste while also using it to generate …

13 hours ago · The technology involves using a particle accelerator to fire high-energy protons at a target, triggering spallation and releasing neutrons that interact with nuclear waste isotopes.

The U.S. Department of Energy is betting $40 million that particle accelerators can crack one of nuclear power’s oldest problems: what to do with spent fuel that stays dangerously radioactive …

1 day ago · Researchers at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are advancing Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS) that use high-energy proton beams to transmute long-lived …

Aug 18, 2025 · Using a particle accelerator also would allow operators to turn the reactions on or off, making the process safer than the fission chain reactions that take place in a nuclear …