State officials aren't convinced DOE's plan would result in more Hanford site waste treated for disposal.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: It’s a new era for nuclear energy. As the looming threat of climate change darkens over the horizon, countries around the world are re-investing in ...

As atomic power enjoys a second act in the U.S., there is a renewed push to scale technology that can extract energy from ...

Nuclear energy isn't as clean as we like to believe. The associated power plants produce small amounts of nuclear waste that require proper disposal. The main enemy here is time. All radioactive ...

One of the issues with nuclear power plants is that they produce long-lived radioactive waste. Storing spent nuclear fuel is a real problem. However, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Thomas ...

LONDON/WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the ...

Finland's Posiva is on the verge of receiving an operating license for the world's first permanent nuclear waste disposal facility, built 400 meters underground in 1.9-billion-year-old bedrock at a ...

The UK is expected to accrue enough waste to fill four Wembley Stadiums Jonathan Leake is the Telegraph's Energy Editor. He has previously worked for other publications covering science, environment ...

Finland is preparing to clear one of the final regulatory hurdles for what is ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah. The Republicans who dominate Utah’s politics — from the legislature to the ...