The Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects is hoping federal efforts to find states willing to host sites that can handle the ...

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. said on Wednesday it is seeking input from U.S. states on any interest they have in hosting sites for developing the nuclear fuel lifecycle, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 80 years of nuclear waste in the US is currently stranded — stuck in "temporary" storage sites without a permanent place to ...

Nuclear power’s dirtiest secret is not how the fuel is made, but where it ends up sitting for decades: in crowded pools of water at the very plants that burned it. The technology to move most of that ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — A private energy company is abandoning a proposal to store nuclear waste at a site in southeastern New Mexico. Holtec International described an “untenable path forward for used fuel ...

The Trump administration’s growing nuclear energy push now includes enlisting state help handling spent fuel, a politically ...

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In a report released last week, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recommended approving an application for a high-level nuclear waste storage site in Andrews County. NRC staff said in an ...

Spent nuclear fuel remains highly radioactive for thousands of years and can be very dangerous if not properly handled and maintained.[3] The issue of how and where to store this waste has been hotly ...