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

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everyone talks about nuclear waste like it’s an unsolvable apocalypse, but the truth is way more practical. The real problem ...

A technology developed for solar energy has been adapted to selectively remove one of the most-difficult-to-remove elements in nuclear waste pools, making the storage of nuclear waste safer and ...

No, no, hell no, and no again! said Texas and its powerful oil industry, in a legal challenge to the federal government’s power to license privately-operated nuclear waste storage sites in the Lone ...

Europe has been turning uranium into energy for over half a century. In the process, the continent has amassed vast stockpiles of nuclear waste. This radioactive material can take millions of years to ...