There are over 100 nuclear waste storage sites across the U.S., most located near nuclear plants such as those in Hanford, ...

A team of researchers has initiated a deep drilling project underneath a mountain in ...

Virginia-based Jefferson Lab is leading a project to transform nuclear waste into usable electricity while also drastically reducing its radioactive life.

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

Greenpeace expressed concern about unresolved long-standing issues in radioactive waste management.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed suit Friday against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and oil-and-gas firm Duck Creek Energy, ...

Nuclear power produces enormous amounts of electricity with almost no carbon emissions, but it leaves behind something that can remain dangerous for thousands of years. The United States alone has ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor ...

Japan has identified Minamitorishima, a remote and uninhabited coral atoll in the western Pacific, as a potential site for permanent nuclear waste disposal. The proposal marks the first time the ...

A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years, one that will allow ...