"That's not a reason not to do nuclear." New report examines long-standing problem with the US nuclear power plans: 'It's not ...

"It is providing a solution." Officials launch innovative partnership to solve major problem with common waste: 'I'm very ...

A Utah company is leading a charge to take and store radioactive waste from Canada. Opponents say it’s a bad idea, and that ...

As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

A technology developed for solar energy has been adapted to selectively remove one of the most-difficult-to-remove elements in nuclear waste pools, making the storage of nuclear waste safer and ...

For decades, the world has grappled with how to safely and permanently dispose of vast amounts of highly radioactive waste from fission reactors. Now, a bold solution has emerged that could turn this ...

Lawyers were arguing before the Supreme Court this month over permitting facilities to handle temporary nuclear waste storage when Justice Neil M. Gorsuch pointed to the skunk in the room. That would ...

Nuclear waste is accumulating worldwide as permanent repositories lag behind. Bulgaria is facing rising spent-fuel stocks and limited storage, while European nations struggle with delayed disposal ...

No, no, hell no, and no again! said Texas and its powerful oil industry, in a legal challenge to the federal government’s power to license privately-operated nuclear waste storage sites in the Lone ...

As U.S. nuclear power plants go offline, their waste problem remains — a problem that wouldn't exist if Washington had lived up to its responsibilities. The Plymouth, Massachusetts nuclear power plant ...

But some outside nuclear experts think the push for advanced reactors would not solve — and might well complicate — one of the most vexing problems with the nation’s existing nuclear-energy industry: ...

Europe has been turning uranium into energy for over half a century. In the process, the continent has amassed vast stockpiles of nuclear waste. This radioactive material can take millions of years to ...