Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...
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 ...
The U.S. had debated its growing 90,000 metric ton stockpile of spent nuclear fuel for decades. This radioactive “waste” in temporary storage contains untapped energy, enough to power the nation for ...
At nearly 20 percent of our current electricity production, U.S. energy policy must include commercial nuclear power to satisfy our increasing demand for electricity over the next century, yet certain ...
US nuclear waste policy is at a critical turning point. Mired in decades of disappointments and shortcomings, the monkey on nuclear power’s back is just weeks away from being freed—or being strapped ...
Advanced nuclear technology firm Oklo has broken ground on its inaugural 75-MWe sodium-cooled fast reactor at an Idaho National Laboratory (INL) site. The project—one of three awarded to the company ...