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

Aug. 14—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 ...

A private company that designs and manufactures parts for nuclear reactors has abandoned a project in New Mexico that sought to store nuclear waste from commercial power plants for an unspecified ...

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.

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Michigan judge postponed his decision Tuesday regarding the controversial storage of radioactive waste at Wayne Disposal Inc., a landfill facility in Van Buren Township.

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 ...

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 ...

A rendering of Holtec International’s proposed nuclear waste storage site, which the company announced this week won’t happen in New Mexico. (Courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) A company ...

Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we've barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is ...

CASPER — At his town hall meeting Thursday night, with well more than 100 in attendance, Rep. Bill Allemand, R-Midwest, announced the Wyoming Freedom Caucus stance on Radiant Nuclear’s proposed ...

MINSK, 27 February (BelTA) - Belarus is drafting a decree on a radioactive waste storage facility, BelTA learned from the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry ...