The U.S. Department of Energy, the designated repository implementer established by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, instead suffers from leadership and priorities that change with each ...

Over 200 people protested on Saturday near Pačejov in the Klatovy region, in the southwest of Czechia, against a planned deep nuclear waste repository.

Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad said they planned to increase shipments of waste to the facility for disposal this year by almost 50 percent, as ...

Simply stated, nuclear or radioactive waste is the byproduct of nuclear reactors, fuel processing and reprocessing, weapon production, medical facilities, and research laboratories.

The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border.

With nuclear waste piling up and an underground repository nowhere in sight, Congress must act to unlock temporary surface storage and stop the stalemate.

A second deep geological repository site is being sought by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), which has started a two-year engagement process to refine its site selection approach ...

Radiant Nuclear hired Cygnal to poll Natrona County voters on whether they support a nuclear manufacturing and waste storage ...

For the first time in decades, the United States is taking serious steps to rebuild its nuclear energy capacity. Recent ...

Court ruling allows interim nuclear waste storage in Texas, but the U.S. still has no long-term plan for its 90,000 metric tons of spent fuel.

As some communities in far northwest Colorado discuss hosting a temporary nuclear waste storage facility, western leaders are ...

The 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act established a permanent repository for nuclear power plant waste, which is still considered hazardous for thousands of years. USA Today contributed to this story.