Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

The views of young people are being sought as part of proposals to build a new underground nuclear waste site. The Mid ...

A Utah-based company plans to ship international radioactive nuclear waste from Canada to the United States for disposal in Utah.

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

Wash., used her powerful position in Congress to help Tri-Cities science, environmental and historical projects.

Team finishes construction of steep spiral ramp leading to underground facility where nuclear waste will be secured for ...

China’s CNNC has completed a key construction stage at the Beishan underground radwaste research laboratory in Gansu.

The U.S. government launched a new operation extracting rare materials from Cold War era nuclear waste that is likely to ...

The years-long process for regulators to decide whether a proposed nuclear waste storage site gets the green light has begun.

How spent but still radioactive nuclear fuel rods are to be transported to a potential underground storage site near Ignace should come under scrutiny during an upcoming federal assessment of ...

The project, located deep beneath China's Gobi Desert, will be used for safe disposal of radioactive materials.