The storage of nuclear waste has been a controversial topic in the United States for decades. Now the Supreme Court will ...

Finland may soon become the first country to develop a permanent way to store spent nuclear fuel by burying it in tunnels ...

After a year of fastidious planning, a microscopic sample of the ultra-rare radioactive element berkelium arrived at a ...

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

Xcel wants to continue operating the plant into the 2050s. It’s requesting to store an additional 34 casks of spent fuel at the site. But spent fuel storage has a history of controversy at the plant ...

The oral arguments before the Supreme Court earlier this month is a reminder that our nation has a 66-year-old nuclear energy ...

Researchers may have found a way to create a nuclear waste battery that could theoretically run for decades without needing to recharge.

The legislative push to build nuclear power plants in North Dakota could run up against a perennial problem -- the U.S. lacks ...

Senate Majority Leader David Hogue said the state should at least begin to explore the potential for nuclear and that waste ...