The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border.

A law passed in 1982 was supposed to have created a permanent dumping ground for nuclear power plant waste − considered dangerous for thousands of years after its produced.

Some see the high court’s decision in case against the state of Texas as a promising sign, but significant hurdles remain.

Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on California's central coast has more than 1,300 tons of nuclear waste sitting on its back porch, waiting for pickup. The problem is, there's no one to pick it up.

Meanwhile, nuclear reactors continue to provide almost 20% of U.S. electricity and produce about 2,000 metric tons of waste each year. As additional plants become available to meet the demands of ...

The world has been enriching uranium for many decades, primarily beginning in the Cold War era. As a result, there are ...

As part of a legal settlement earlier this month, Southern California Edison, which is the majority owner of the shuttered nuclear power plant, promised to make a good-faith effort to find a safer ...

The decision is the latest chapter in the decadeslong battle over what to do with the waste generated by the nation's nuclear ...

So far the 103 operating nuclear reactors in the United States have generated an estimated 45,000 tons of waste that is expected to remain radioactive for more than 200,000 years.

Closing the San Onofre nuclear plant didn’t end its threat since nuclear waste is stored at the facility, which sits on an erosion-prone bluff. Nov. 19, 2019 And yet.

Assistant Energy Secretary Kathryn Huff visited Waterford on Tuesday to discuss the federal plan for storing nuclear waste from Millstone Nuclear Power Station and other power stations across the U.S.

After operating for decades, the Millstone nuclear power plant is seeking “final closure” of three hazardous waste storage and management units in Waterford. Dominion Energy, which owns ...