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

The problem of nuclear reactor waste will have to be resolved as nuclear energy becomes more frequently adopted as the world's source of power. No one is pro nuclear waste. Simply, nuclear waste is a ...

Rise of nuclear energy hinges not on reactors but on how safely the world manages its growing radioactive waste ...

In addition to Utah, Tennessee, South Carolina and Nebraska have also stepped forward, willing to do all of the above.

The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear ...

On April 6, California lawmakers killed a bill that would have permitted small nuclear fission power plants — AKA microreactors — to proliferate across the state. On Monday, the state Assembly ...

Finland’s nuclear waste vault relies on copper, clay, and ancient bedrock, but questions about durability remain.

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 ...

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 ...

Phil Scott selling Vermont the nuclear kool-aid is unacceptable. The governor insists that nuclear power is clean. He ...

Lawmakers worry the nation's permanent nuclear waste problem remains unaddressed as bills for new development pick up speed.