With growing interest in nuclear power, handling waste should be part of the deal. Today, nuclear energy enjoys a rare moment ...

London/Washington — The Trump administration's plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

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 ...

Non-fuel radioactive waste is loaded into a rail car for delivery to a facility in Texas at the site of the former Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon on Oct. 10, 2023. File photo by Glenn ...

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, which includes ...

LONDON/WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

Nuclear energy isn't as clean as we like to believe. The associated power plants produce small amounts of nuclear waste that require proper disposal. The main enemy here is time. All radioactive ...

One of the issues with nuclear power plants is that they produce long-lived radioactive waste. Storing spent nuclear fuel is a real problem. However, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Thomas ...

New designs mean new strategies for managing spent fuel. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You ...

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 ...