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 waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green ...

Aboveground casks store radioactive waste at PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Avila Beach. How can new nuclear power plants be considered when there is still no solution for radioactive ...

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

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 ...

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

Despite their considerable allure in the eyes of many, and despite being put forth as the cure to the energy crisis, nuclear reactors are not green. Air pollution, global warming, and energy security ...

SCIENTISTS at the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) have built a ...

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 ...

How can new nuclear power plants be considered when there is still no solution for radioactive waste but to store it on-site? The 1976 California law putting a moratorium on new nuclear power until ...