The Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects is hoping federal efforts to find states willing to host sites that can handle the full nuclear lifecycle will steer nuclear waste storage away from Nevada.

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. said on Wednesday it is seeking input from U.S. states on any interest they have in hosting sites for developing the nuclear fuel lifecycle, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 80 years of nuclear waste in the US is currently stranded — stuck in "temporary" storage sites without a permanent place to ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — A private energy company is abandoning a proposal to store nuclear waste at a site in southeastern New Mexico. Holtec International described an “untenable path forward for used fuel ...

Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of water at the very plants that burned it. The technology to move most of that ...

Spent nuclear fuel remains highly radioactive for thousands of years and can be very dangerous if not properly handled and maintained.[3] The issue of how and where to store this waste has been hotly ...

In a report released last week, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommended approving an application for a high-level nuclear waste storage site in Andrews County. NRC staff said in an ...

Throughout the past century, nuclear technology has become a core fascination of the scientific world. Numerous countries have explored its potential and implemented it in medicine, energy, and, ...

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