The San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday to explore partnering with national laboratories that are ...

As Wyoming communities recoil from nuclear waste, the Idaho National Lab continues to embrace waste as an untapped resource. Energy Sec. Chris Wright, ...

After decades of delays, workers at the Hanford nuclear site this October finally began treatment of the 56 million gallons ...

What does the evidence show about nuclear waste, proliferation risks, overall safety and carbon emissions from nuclear energy?

The Savannah River Site has a total of 51 waste tanks. Eight of those tanks have been operationally closed. (From Savannah River Site fact sheet, May 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Around the U.S., ...

A small Japanese fishing town is being offered millions of dollars to store nuclear waste underground. But for many citizens, ...

The ARPA‑E‑funded project involved testing a universal canister for advanced reactor used fuel and high‑level waste in ...

Nuclear is the most powerful and efficient energy source we’ve ever harnessed. It’s also the only energy source that keeps all of its waste out of the ...

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.

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 ...

Whether a nuclear renaissance actually occurs in the coming decade or two depends on three fundamental questions: Are the new designs safer than their predecessors? Do the new designs lead to changes ...