Visible cracks on the concrete cap of the Runit Dome, a Cold War era nuclear waste repository on Enewetak Atoll in the ...

These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as they churn out 10% of the world’s electricity every ...

Whether it’s used batteries, solar panels, or spent nuclear fuel, getting use out of something destined for disposal sounds like a win all around. In nuclear energy, figuring out what to do with waste ...

Wyoming state lawmakers introduced a measure to ban nuclear waste storage unless it was specifically approved by a vote of the people. However, the measure did not receive enough votes to move it up ...

Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for burying nuclear waste, officials said.Minamitorishima, which is around 1.5 ...

The U.S. Department of Energy is betting $40 million that scientists can shrink the danger window of spent nuclear fuel from ...

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 ...

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The national waste repository, an essential first step, is foundering amid popular opposition and the inconclusive decommissioning of our old power plants, entrusted to Sogin. The costs have ballooned ...

The Department of Energy has long been burying plutonium waste beneath the surface of New Mexico's desert. The DOE stashes it inside carved-out salt beds, which act as a sealant. Plutonium, which has ...

WASHINGTON - Congress was warned Tuesday that the failure to build the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada could delay licensing of the country's first new nuclear power plants ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in favor of a proposal to build new nuclear power plants in the EU.