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

The views of young people are being sought as part of proposals to build a new underground nuclear waste site. The Mid ...

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 ...

Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of used solid fuel from nuclear power plants worldwide and millions of liters of radioactive liquid waste from weapons production sitting in temporary ...

The U.S. government launched a new operation extracting rare materials from Cold War era nuclear waste that is likely to ...

China’s CNNC has completed a key construction stage at the Beishan underground radwaste research laboratory in Gansu.

How spent but still radioactive nuclear fuel rods are to be transported to a potential underground storage site near Ignace should come under scrutiny during an upcoming federal assessment of ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear ...

The years-long process for regulators to decide whether a proposed nuclear waste storage site gets the green light has begun.

Radioactivity can persist for millions of years, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and exposure to nuclear ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. As the world races to combat climate change, the debate over ...