Effective nuclear waste management is a critical global challenge, particularly for countries like the UK looking to expand their nuclear power sectors. The UK has a substantial amount of existing ...

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 ...

America's nascent nuclear renaissance is under threat from a combination of bureaucratic inertia and institutional capture ...

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 ...

Finland is on the verge of switching on what could become one of the most consequential infrastructure projects in the history of nuclear energy, a permanent underground repository designed to store ...

Nuclear energy is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to ways of generating electricity. On one hand, there are those who believe nuclear is a much better alternative to fossil fuels and ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

For decades, the world has grappled with how to safely and permanently dispose of vast amounts of highly radioactive waste from fission reactors. Now, a bold solution has emerged that could turn this ...

Curio’s NuCycle process turns U.S. nuclear waste into profitable fuel and cuts storage time from 100,000 years to just 300.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A truck delivers a container to the low-level waste vaults at the Dounreay nuclear site in Dounreay, Scotland, Britain November 25 ...

This thunderclap — so obvious, yet so elusive — comes in a new bipartisan plan penned by an esteemed group of nuclear experts, including Allison Macfarlane, erstwhile chair of the U.S. Nuclear ...

Despite nuclear power’s unmatched ability to produce reliable, carbon-free energy at scale, it is often dismissed by clean energy advocates in favor of renewable resources like wind and solar. Cost ...