The Freedom Caucus-backed measure would have banned nuclear fuel waste storage unless approved by voters on a case-by-case ...

The Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects is hoping federal efforts to find states willing to host sites that can handle the ...

Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look ...

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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 ...

A plan for a nuclear waste storage facility in Switzerland is raising safety concerns among Germans close to the border. The project, which is backed by power plant operators, requires approval by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering of Holtec International’s proposed nuclear waste storage site, which the company announced this week won’t happen in ...

Nuclear waste may yet be stored in Nevada's Yucca Mountain. The entrance to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository located in Nye County, Nev., is shown, Feb. 22, 2004. A federal appeals court ...

The U.S. government’s plan for safely storing nuclear waste just hit a serious snag: Exposure to groundwater could corrode its new storage containers, spilling radioactive materials into the Earth. To ...