A permanent federal solution may come someday. But until then, Southern California must lead with an interim safety plan for ...

LONDON/WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

The revival of nuclear power is accelerating efforts to develop permanent solutions for managing highly radioactive spent ...

Over the last two years, the IAEA has trained more than 200 experts in Europe and Central Asia to manage radioactive waste ...

The Trump Administration has begun pushing for the expansion of U.S. nuclear power, driven in part by the growing electricity demands of AI data centers. The White House has framed the initiative as ...

Oklahoma's selection as a finalist for a federal Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus promises job growth and energy advancements, yet raises concerns about the proposed storage and disposal of used ...

The Energy Department has been required for decades to find a final storage site for radioactive spent fuel. Some of that pressure has let up, and it’s opening the door to new ideas. The push for a ...

The United States has about 94,000 tonnes of nuclear waste in storage, though that's a bit like calling all that gold in Fort Knox "waste." A new technique is being developed to recover its trapped ...

Workers pull the first concrete cask filled with cesium capsules out of the Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington. Washington state Department of ...

5 States Offer to Accept Nuclear Waste in Exchange for Help Developing Nuclear Energy WASHINGTON (AP) — Five states have agreed to accept nuclear waste from around the country in exchange for federal ...

Progress Village was established decades ago to provide affordable housing for Black residents near Tampa. The phosphogypsum stack, containing the toxic waste of fertilizer production, is right next ...