SALT LAKE CITY — A proposal to ship radioactive waste from Canada for disposal in Utah got the green light Friday from a body that monitors such activity. The decision by the NorthWest Interstate ...

Geological disposal, optimized materials and greater use of digital tools to enhance communication with stakeholders are among the innovations the nuclear industry is developing to address outstanding ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

Although his country does not have a nuclear power plant, Mario Crnković from Novi Grad, in the far north-west of Bosnia and ...

Will nuclear waste travel all the way from Ontario, Canada to a site about an hour drive from Salt Lake City? An interstate panel may consider a resolution later this month on whether to allow ...

Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A Utah company wants to import massive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radioactive waste held in underground tanks has begun to be transferred for the first time to the massive Hanford nuclear site ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The last permitting and licensing hurdles have been cleared to begin the long-awaited treatment of Hanford nuclear site ...

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a follow-up mission to assess Spain’s progress in implementing the recommendations and suggestions made during a review of ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.