Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the potential environmental, social, and economic effects that could unfold over the ...

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 ...

A growing number of energy companies are looking to nuclear recycling as a way to address waste management concerns while strengthening domestic fuel supply. Ed McGinnis, the former assistant ...

State leaders want Utah to produce far more energy in the coming years. They’re betting big on nuclear power to get there. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox hopes to commit over $20 million to developing nuclear ...

The heat produced by the radioactive waste strikes you when you enter the storage site of Ontario Power Generation at the ...

Radioactive waste management company Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB can begin preparatory work for the final repository for used nuclear fuel in Forsmark and the encapsulation facility in Oskarshamn ...

Will nuclear waste travel all the way from Ontario, Canada to a site about an hour drive from Salt Lake City? An interstate panel may consider a resolution later this month on whether to allow ...

The chair of a group of six First Nations says the latest step for a proposed nuclear waste site is yet another cause for ...

A coalition of environmental groups is asking Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to veto a bill approved by the state legislature that would classify nuclear power as a clean energy source. The measure, House ...

The Palisades Nuclear Plant hit a major milestone in its efforts to come back online as early as this fall, as federal regulators determined its restart will have no significant environmental effects.