The challenge of climate change is aptly called “civilizational.” We live in a world built by fossil fuel energy. The costs ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

HANFORD, Wash. – The Department of Energy has officially approved the opening of the Direct-Feed Low-Activity Waste (or DFLAW) program at the Hanford Vitrification Plant, set to begin on October 15, ...

Nuclear energy has been added for the first time to the UK government’s green financing framework, allowing proceeds from the ...

As Utah eyes new nuclear projects, some wonder if nuclear power is safe, clean and realistic as officials have touted. We ...

Nuclear energy and natural gas will still be considered environmentally sustainable investments in the European Union following a court ruling Wednesday, potentially driving massive amounts of ...

Nuclear is the most powerful and efficient energy source we’ve ever harnessed. It’s also the only energy source that keeps all of its waste out of the ...

By several metrics, that dream is getting closer to reality: The costs of solar and batteries have plummeted, and California ...

FILE - Environmentalist activists form a human chain representing the peace sign and the spelling out "100% renewable", on the side line of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference near the ...

The Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant in Monticello, Minnesota. Used nuclear fuel rods are seen by some as a potential energy source in North Dakota. (Photo provided by Xcel Energy) The North Dakota ...