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

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. will seek interest from U.S. states as soon as this week on storing nuclear waste in return for incentives to build nuclear reactors, a ...

Nuclear Waste Program's efforts to oversee cleanup of one of the world's most complex nuclear sites. Join us as we look back ...

Some 3.55 million pounds of nuclear waste is beached at San Onofre. The spent fuel held in more than 120 stainless steel canisters at the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, lodged ...

SEATTLE (AP) — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first ...

One physicist says his design to use nuclear waste as fuel for nuclear fusion could help the U.S. be a leader in the fusion economy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

A new startup says it can turn dangerous nuclear waste into fresh usable fuel and valuable rare metals and materials, like rhodium and palladium, used in catalytic converters, and krypton-85 and ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...