The U.S. has over 100,000 tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste sitting in temporary storage. Former NRC chairman Allison ...

The world’s nuclear power plants have produced an estimated 448,000 tonnes (494,000 U.S. tons) ...

North Dakota lawmakers are considering changes to state law to encourage the development of nuclear power. One potential ...

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.

While Western nations try to cut ties with Russia, Moscow is quietly moving to ...

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 ...

LONDON/WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

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 ...

New Croatian law paving the way for a radioactive waste disposal centre near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina draws outrcy from Bosnian officials and environmentalists. A file photo dated 12 ...