"Believe me, nuclear [energy] is a very big part of our future." Officials spark backlash with controversial decision ...

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

There are over 100 nuclear waste storage sites across the U.S., most located near nuclear plants such as those in Hanford, ...

The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new underground storage areas. The Waste Isolation Pilot ...

As Washington's energy industry and lawmakers take another look at nuclear power as a way to reach a carbon-free energy ...

The great problem with nuclear energy, hidden from the public as often as possible by the federal government and special interests, is the quantities of radioactive waste nuclear reactors produce.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution.The justices, by ...

Lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities. It would be the ...

The removal of radioactive waste from the Asse nuclear storage site in Lower Saxony, Germany, has been postponed indefinitely ...

"The same goes for the legal or financial responsibility." Officials spark backlash with concerning plan for nuclear waste: ...

High-level spent nuclear fuel would be prohibited from being stored in New Mexico if lawmakers pass a pair of bills introduced during this year’s legislative session. The bicameral effort comes as ...

A team of researchers has initiated a deep drilling project underneath a mountain in ...