WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush last week chose Nevada's remote Yucca Mountain as the site for a facility to store 70,000 tonnes of nuclear waste, prompting howls of protest and setting off ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (KOLO) - U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto have reintroduced a bill to prevent the storage of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. The Nuclear Waste Informed Consent ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering arguments about temporary storage sites for the country's 90,000 tons of nuclear waste.

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

A 1987 federal law named Yucca Mountain, in Nevada , as a permanent disposal site for nuclear waste – but political and legal challenges led to construction delays. Work on the site had barely ...

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A radioactive waste specialist from the United States says nuclear waste disposal sites place a giant bullseye on an area, as well as all communities along the transportation route, and ...

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 structures and containers. For decades, the nation has been trying to ...