"That's not a reason not to do nuclear." New report examines long-standing problem with the US nuclear power plans: 'It's not a gigantic thing' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a battery that can convert nuclear waste into electricity. This innovative technology utilizes ambient gamma radiation from spent nuclear fuel ...

A Utah company is leading a charge to take and store radioactive waste from Canada. Opponents say it’s a bad idea, and that ...

A technology developed for solar energy has been adapted to selectively remove one of the most-difficult-to-remove elements in nuclear waste pools, making the storage of nuclear waste safer and ...

"It is providing a solution." Officials launch innovative partnership to solve major problem with common waste: 'I'm very ...

The justices worried that allowing oil and gas companies and the Lone Star State to upend a private nuclear waste facility would open the door to endless litigation. WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme ...

BUCHANAN, New York (CNN) — The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline. It ...

As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

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It is not for lack of trying. In 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act authorized the energy department to site a permanent repository for high-level radioactive waste and gave it until 1998 to do so. In ...

As U.S. nuclear power plants go offline, their waste problem remains — a problem that wouldn't exist if Washington had lived up to its responsibilities. The Plymouth, Massachusetts nuclear power plant ...