As the U.S. expands nuclear power to provide reliable, carbon-free electricity, it still faces ...

Federal and local officials are stepping up efforts to permanently relocate spent nuclear fuel from the shuttered San Onofre ...

West Virginia officials didn't consult anyone on their proposal to host a "Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus" for the Trump ...

A 2018 Washington state law was supposed to help workers who got sick cleaning up Hanford, a former federal nuclear weapons ...

Savannah River is also home to the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF). It is recognised as the world's largest ...

Here's the goal for how much more waste should be glassified for disposal this year and the next two years.

More than 3 million pounds of spent fuel sit inside canisters on the north end of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s pledge to build seven nuclear energy plants, if elected, has triggered heated political debate – mostly about the costs and timetable of the plan. But the concept of ...

All radioactive waste shall be separated and stored into the following physical forms: Solid Waste Liquid Waste Sharps Waste Animal Carcasses Lead (Pb) shipping containers “RADIOACTIVE WASTE” or ...

The first final disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel received an operating license through 2070, covering up to 6,500 ...