Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look ...

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 ...

The justices worried that allowing oil and gas companies and the Lone Star State to upend a private nuclear waste facility would open the door to endless litigation. WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme ...

A technology developed for solar energy has been adapted to selectively remove one of the most-difficult-to-remove elements in nuclear waste pools, making the storage of nuclear waste safer and ...

Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a battery that can convert nuclear waste into electricity. This innovative technology utilizes ambient gamma radiation from spent nuclear fuel ...

US nuclear waste policy is at a critical turning point. Mired in decades of disappointments and shortcomings, the monkey on nuclear power’s back is just weeks away from being freed—or being strapped ...

Nuclear power is among the cleanest energy sources on Earth, but the materials that fuel it can degrade during operation. A ...

As U.S. nuclear power plants go offline, their waste problem remains — a problem that wouldn't exist if Washington had lived up to its responsibilities. The Plymouth, Massachusetts nuclear power plant ...

As Wyoming communities recoil from nuclear waste, the Idaho National Lab continues to embrace waste as an untapped ...

Europe has been turning uranium into energy for over half a century. In the process, the continent has amassed vast stockpiles of nuclear waste. This radioactive material can take millions of years to ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission released a report in October 2024 revealing that over 900 steam generator tubes were in ...

The current push for a nuclear energy revival is not our country’s first rodeo. We’ve seen these promises before, and they’ve rarely lived up to the hype. In the 1950s, Lewis Strauss, the first ...