Nuclear power has long been a reliable energy source, supplying nearly 20% of electricity in the United States. While it does ...

Nuclear power comes with almost zero greenhouse gas emissions, but has its own issues in the form of radioactive waste.

The lawsuit underscored a touchy subject — plans to store nuclear waste deep under Yucca Mountain in Nevada, the only permanent storage site in the United States allowed by federal law ...

Nuclear batteries harness energy from radioactive decay, converting it into electricity. These devices are ideal for long-term, maintenance-free power generation in extreme environments. They support ...

The Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday on the question of whether the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license private, temporary offsite storage of nuclear waste. In ...

Researchers have developed a prototype battery that harnesses radiation from nuclear waste to generate electricity, offering a potential ...

Alzheimer’s Association pairs up with New Mexico in US pilot program to raise awareness “This facility is central to the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday waded into the decadeslong debate over nuclear waste, hearing arguments over whether a private company can build a repository designed to store tons of spent ...

A form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation emitted during radioactive decay. It is more penetrating than X-rays ... This new technology explores the possibility of utilizing nuclear waste to ...

Researchers from BARC have developed a unique solution to piling Uranium mill tailings: converting them into a geopolymer ...

(File photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) That, friends, is what it costs the U.S. government on the daily because it has no place to put commercial nuclear waste — a service we ...