Nearly 80 years of US nuclear waste is stuck in "temporary" storage sites. How big of a problem is that?

Deep Isolation is betting on drilling wells to bury nuclear waste if federal regulations evolve.

Effective nuclear waste management is a critical global challenge, particularly for countries like the UK looking to expand their nuclear power sectors. The UK has a substantial amount of existing ...

Nuclear energy is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to ways of generating electricity. On one hand, there are those who believe nuclear is a much better alternative to fossil fuels and ...

I am glad to see the Trump administration take a step toward acknowledging what Nevadans have known for years: Yucca Mountain is dead,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said ...

THE earthquake and tsunami that led to the loss of all electrical power and the meltdown of reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant inevitably put nuclear energy back on the front page. It was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A major cleanup breakthrough at one of the United Kingdom's most challenging nuclear sites is offering fresh optimism for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A new report from CNBC examined the problem of nuclear waste disposal, as the Trump administration plans to ...

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 ...

Nuclear waste and a hydrogen economy may seem poles apart, but a new study by the University of Sharjah claims that spent fuel from nuclear power plants could be used to increase the efficiency of ...

Sen. William Parkinson is reaching back to a nearly forgotten chapter of Guam history as he tries to stop Japan from burying ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...