If there ever was a place meant to store the nation’s commercial nuclear waste, at least temporarily, it’s southeastern New Mexico, some local residents say. John Heaton, a 78-year-old retiree from ...

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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.

Texas is taking a fight over the country's nuclear waste to the Supreme Court. The issue, a Not In My Backyard dilemma involving toxic radioactive nuclear waste, has been swirling for decades. The ...

Where should Australia store the waste created by its investment in nuclear-driven submarines? It’s a question no-one knows the answer to yet — although we do know a couple of places where the ...

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 Pilot ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving nuclear waste storage plans in rural Texas and New Mexico. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent agency that regulates ...

Nuclear waste becomes clean energy as Jefferson Lab's particle accelerators reduce storage time by 99.7% while generating electricity for the grid.

HAYDEN, Colo — For several years now, nuclear power has been trying to make a comeback in the U.S. The Biden administration liked nuclear's low carbon footprint, and President Trump has cited nuclear ...

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 Millstone, ...

Researchers have uncovered a potential game-changer in nuclear waste storage: a novel glass-ceramic composite with promising properties. This innovative material shows potential for enhancing the ...