Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...

The project would feature an educational hub and production site, with construction possibly starting by 2027. Completion is ...

Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different structures and containers. For decades, the nation has been trying to send it all ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

The heat produced by the radioactive waste strikes you when you enter the storage site of Ontario Power Generation at the ...

The US nuclear facility at Hanford, which turns radioactive waste into glass as part of its cleanup efforts, received a ...

SEATTLE (AP) — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first ...

Will nuclear waste travel all the way from Ontario, Canada to a site about an hour drive from Salt Lake City? An interstate panel may consider a resolution later this month on whether to allow ...

Scandinavian Breakthrough: Sweden and Finland are leading global efforts to solve nuclear waste challenges with underground repositories designed to last 100,000 years, while Norway is preparing to ...