While nuclear power has the potential to help cut humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels, scientists are still working on how to deal with its radioactive leftovers. The Thomas Jefferson National ...

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 ...

FILE - Construction vehicles are parked at the site of Lynas' rare earths plant in Gebeng, eastern Malaysia, on April 19, 2012. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government renewed Australian ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government renewed Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths' operating license for 10 years but will require it to stop producing radioactive waste by 2031. The ...

U.S. scientists are developing an innovation that could reduce nuclear waste storage time by 99.7%, transmuting long-lived radioactive materials into shorter-lived isotopes. The Jefferson Lab project, ...

An Ohio bill, SB 294, proposes classifying nuclear power and natural gas as "clean" energies. Opponents argue nuclear power is not clean due to the long-term challenges of storing radioactive waste.

Johnny Massaro stars in Netflix’s new Brazilian series, Radioactive Emergency. The series is inspired by true events of the Goiânia accident, when deadly radioactive waste was stolen from an abandoned ...

Toxic chemicals are endangering the lives of people across Texas. New horror stories pop up all the time. “Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary ...

Nearly 500 elementary school children in Texas play on fields where a whistleblower says he once spread tons of radioactive fracking waste — a noxious hell-brew he believes melted the bones in his own ...

ST. LOUIS — After years of reporting the radioactive waste in the St. Louis region, we go back to where it all began. The story begins in 1942 in downtown St. Louis. "Back in World War II, there was ...

This story was reported as part of The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship and is republished here with permission. After years of missed deadlines, New Mexico is demanding that the Energy ...

After years of missed deadlines, New Mexico is demanding that the Energy Department expedite the cleanup of so-called legacy nuclear and hazardous waste at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the ...