It is common for nuclear engineers to be concerned with the disposition of nuclear waste. After all, the United States alone ...

Korea took a major step forward Friday in its long-running quest to secure rights to enrich uranium and reprocess spent ...

The storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel at major nuclear power plants are projected to reach saturation starting next year, according to figures disclosed on the 14th. While concerns have been ...

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 ...

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Nuclear Regulatory Commission, et al. v. Texas, et al., reinstated a license originally issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), permitting the ...

SAN ONOFRE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, which was shut down 12 years ago, remains a focal point of nuclear waste storage concerns as 123 canisters of spent nuclear fuel ...

Since the arrival of nuclear power in the 1950s, more than 400 reactors in 31 countries have produced about 430,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel, and until now no one has developed a permanent ...

Idaho has struck a deal with the Trump administration to advance nuclear energy research. The state and the U.S. Department of Energy agreed to a waiver of a 1995 settlement agreement that established ...

The Lone Star State doesn't have the right to block a private facility built atop an aquifer that would store half the nation's spent nuclear fuel. WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court upheld a private ...

Hungary will sign an agreement on nuclear power cooperation with the United States, including a deal to buy American nuclear ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a challenge brought by Texas and a group of landowners to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of a private company's plan to temporarily ...

Section 1. Purpose. The United States originally pioneered nuclear energy technology during a time of great peril. We now face a new set of challenges, including a global race to dominate in ...