Nuclear energy is hot and everyone wants a piece of the action. President Donald Trump has announced his vision to quadruple America’s nuclear capacity by 2050, and 33 countries signed a declaration ...

New Mexico environment officials on Thursday issued new requirements for the federal government’s operation of the nation’s ...

Government efficiency is the buzz these days — so why aren’t we working harder to stem taxpayer losses of $2 million each and every day? Dry storage of used fuel rods at the San Onofre Nuclear ...

A subterranean storage facility is in the works to accommodate nuclear waste from the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station by Lake Huron. Plans are currently under federal review. The problem is that the ...

The fight between New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Energy over nuclear waste rose a DEFCON level Thursday, with the ...

One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and accumulates in human thyroids when ingested. In the U.S., nuclear waste ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated how to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste as Texas tried to persuade the justices to block a storage site near the state’s border with New Mexico. But the ...

This question has long been nuclear energy’s Achilles’ heel, fueling public opposition and stifling a uniquely beneficial clean energy resource. Opponents frame nuclear waste management as a technical ...

Adrian Hedden Carlsbad Current-Argus achedden@elritomedia.com Concerns for safety at the almost 30-year-old nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad lingered despite a three-month pause of disposal ...

Study results demonstrate that deep borehole disposal could be a viable option for disposing of high-level radioactive waste from advanced reactor fuel recycling BERKELEY, Calif., March 24, 2026 ...

Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed ...