At nearly 20 percent of our current electricity production, U.S. energy policy must include commercial nuclear power to satisfy our increasing demand for electricity over the next century, yet certain ...

The presence of 3.55 million pounds of nuclear waste stored “temporarily” at the San Onofre nuclear power plant — which was ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared torn Wednesday about whether to block a federal license allowing a private company to store spent nuclear fuel away from a nuclear facility amid safety concerns raised ...

A recently passed resolution by San Diego County seeks partnerships with national labs and companies to reprocess the waste ...

The Texas government's recent loss in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling may prove to be a long-term victory for the state — at least in the eyes of those who see nuclear energy as a viable and desirable ...

Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of ...

Spent nuclear fuel pools are designed to cool fuel rods after they come out of a nuclear reactor. While powering a nuclear ...

The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on whether federal regulators can authorize temporary waste storage far from nuclear power plants. The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether to ...

A chemical process will isolate lead-212's parent material from the used nuclear fuel, and then be turned into cancer-treating medicine.

The Texas government's recent loss in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling may prove to be a long-term victory for the state — at least in the eyes of those who see nuclear energy as a viable and desirable ...