A trio of Southern California lawmakers are making another effort to pass a federal law that would give priority to removing ...

A nuclear waste watchdog group in Cañon City wants other communities to make sure have the full picture of the energy cycle ...

A new nuclear waste shelter in Sweden, among the first in the world of its kind, follows political ambitions and a sudden steep public support for an energy source that was once doomed for outphasing.

But even though the first nuclear plant in the U.S. opened in ... An additional 63 canisters of waste rest horizontally nearby, including 13 filled with material from the dismantlement project.

Sweden recently began constructing a final storage facility for its spent nuclear fuel. The facility will safely store highly radioactive waste for an extended period, specifically 100,000 years.

Jeri Fry, the co-founder of Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste, poses in front of a sign warning about the presence of radioactive waste near her home in Cañon City. Fry gives tours of the ...

but they produce a significantly higher volume of nuclear waste. Despite concerns about nuclear waste, the development and deployment of microreactors continue to gain momentum, driven in part by ...

Jeri Fry, the co-founder of Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste, poses in front of a sign warning about the presence of radioactive waste near her home in Cañon City. Fry gives tours of the ...

The nuclear program began here in the 1950s ... s the work of the NRC and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Waste canisters are inserted into those thick, heavy, shielded overpacks, which ...

The repository will be able to hold over 6,000 copper canisters filled with spent nuclear fuel.

Legal enablers aren’t the real challenge, though. Regulation and nuclear waste are. Nuclear energy is back in vogue globally, especially to satisfy the swelling appetite of artificial ...