Japan has resumed operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant to help the country meet huge electricity demands ...

How will we know if a steel canister filled with highly radioactive nuclear waste is starting to crack? A scratch on one of the canisters at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, as detected from ...

Residents say rare cancers around Coldwater Creek aren’t a coincidence.

Radioactive waste and contamination, like that created during the Manhattan Project’s launch of the world’s first nuclear weapons program in 1942, is scattered across dozens of production and research ...

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 ...

State officials aren't convinced DOE's plan would result in more Hanford site waste treated for disposal.

On April 6, California lawmakers killed a bill that would have permitted small nuclear fission power plants — AKA microreactors — to proliferate across the state. On Monday, the state Assembly ...

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 ...

Lawmakers worry the nation's permanent nuclear waste problem remains unaddressed as bills for new development pick up speed.

The debate is between those who see a path to making nuclear waste clean again and those who advocate a more cautious approach. An ancient Greek saying warns us that “there is no such thing as a free ...

Nuclear power may be the answer to our energy problems, but if that's true, why are we tossing out the fuel rods when they still have some life?