Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at more than 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different ...

The "not in my backyard" dilemma ended up at the high court because the federal government never followed through on a 1982 law that was supposed to have created a permanent dumping ground for nuclear ...

The long-standing U.S. scientific board had been created to bring more expertise to the challenge of radioactive waste.

Nuclear waste is one of the deadliest materials ... closer to finishing the project as it was in the 1980s. In 1987, Yucca Mountain - near the border between Nevada and California and about ...

400728 04: A "no trespassing" sign warns people to stay away from the proposed nuclear waste dump ... More site of Yucca Mountain. The site was project never saw fruition, leaving nuclear waste to ...

A bill allowing North Dakota's Energy Research Center to work on projects that could result in nuclear waste disposal passed ...

Cheaper renewables and natural gas began edging out nuclear generation; the San Onofre nuclear plant near San Diego shut down in 2012, and Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo was slated for retirement ...

The shadow of the long-stalled proposed nuclear waste facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, loomed over Supreme Court proceedings Wednesday as the justices weighed a dispute over the federal ...

Three decades ago the Prairie Island nuclear facility near Red Wing faced a public relations dilemma, as well as a practical ...

The lawsuit underscored a touchy subject — plans to store nuclear waste deep under Yucca Mountain in Nevada, the only permanent storage site in the United States allowed by federal law ...