As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

West Virginia officials didn't consult anyone on their proposal to host a "Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus" for the Trump ...

The revival of nuclear power is accelerating efforts to develop permanent solutions for managing highly radioactive spent fuel.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A new report from CNBC examined the problem of nuclear waste disposal, as the Trump administration plans to ...

As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

Reprocessing promises to recycle nuclear waste, but it fails on technology, cost, security, and waste management—and distracts from the nuclear technologies that actually work.

Nuclear power plants run on fuel rods filled with uranium that has a shelf life of roughly three to six years. With no central repository for nuclear waste in the U.S., the spent fuel is kept on-site ...

Nearly 80 years of nuclear waste in the US is currently stranded, stuck in "temporary" storage sites without a permanent place to go. These sites are well secured, but have some drawbacks, especially ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curio®, a leader in advanced nuclear recycling technologies, applauds the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement that it has signed Memoranda of Understanding ...