"Believe me, nuclear [energy] is a very big part of our future." Officials spark backlash with controversial decision impacting nuclear waste: 'Very problematic for the future' first appeared on The ...

Aug. 14—The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new underground storage areas. The Waste Isolation ...

The great problem with nuclear energy, hidden from the public as often as possible by the federal government and special interests, is the quantities of radioactive waste nuclear reactors produce.

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 ...

High-level spent nuclear fuel would be prohibited from being stored in New Mexico if lawmakers pass a pair of bills introduced during this year’s legislative session. The bicameral effort comes as ...

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 ...

Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we've barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is ...

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 ...

CASPER — At his town hall meeting Thursday night, with well more than 100 in attendance, Rep. Bill Allemand, R-Midwest, announced the Wyoming Freedom Caucus stance on Radiant Nuclear’s proposed ...

Japan has identified Minamitorishima, a remote and uninhabited coral atoll in the western Pacific, as a potential site for permanent nuclear waste disposal. The proposal marks the first time the ...

You are in danger. The Department of Energy has decided to put your health and property at risk without even telling you. DOE does this by choosing to store radioactive nuclear waste in canvas tents ...