Nuclear power is squarely in the spotlight once again. As my colleague Erik Funkhouser pointed out in his recent article, enthusiasm for nuclear has come and gone before. But today’s “nuclear ...

Stafford Sheehan’s new startup Project Omega is working with the U.S. government to turn nuclear waste into “unlimited energy." ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

The future of nuclear energy depends on moving past the politics of nuclear waste and implementing long-overdue reforms to funding, regulation, and community engagement. Nuclear power has widespread ...

One of the most formidable obstacles to exploiting the full potential of nuclear energy is the long-term disposal of highly radioactive waste that is generated by the burning of fuel in nuclear ...

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 ...

The 3.6 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are a symptom of a national failure that has left nuclear waste stranded at more than 80 sites ...

Effective nuclear waste management is a critical global challenge, particularly for countries like the UK looking to expand their nuclear power sectors. The UK has a substantial amount of existing ...

Overlooking the tennis courts and terraced houses of Millom, a pair of iron velociraptor sculptures stalk a landscaped garden of slate, gorse and buttercups. This prehistoric idyll is a £295,600 ($403 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A truck delivers a container to the low-level waste vaults at the Dounreay nuclear site in Dounreay, Scotland, Britain November 25 ...