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

The Savannah River Site has a total of 51 waste tanks. Eight of those tanks have been operationally closed. (From Savannah River Site fact sheet, May 2022, U.S. Department of Energy) Around the U.S., ...

A private company that designs and manufactures parts for nuclear reactors has abandoned a project in New Mexico that sought to store nuclear waste from commercial power plants for an unspecified ...

Nearly 80 years of nuclear waste in the US is currently stranded — stuck in "temporary" storage sites without a permanent place to go. How big of a problem is this? And could recycling this waste ...

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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 ...

State lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities. It would be ...

Jeff Talbert and Christopher Joseph of Arnold & Porter discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in 'NRC v. Texas' which limits who can challenge nuclear waste storage licenses. The decision leaves ...

A rendering of Holtec International’s proposed nuclear waste storage site, which the company announced this week won’t happen in New Mexico. (Courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission) A company ...

In a report released last week, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommended approving an application for a high-level nuclear waste storage site in Andrews County. NRC staff said in an ...

Lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities. It would be the ...