Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.

The team tested the battery prototype with cesium-137 and cobalt-60, common radioactive byproducts of nuclear reactors. Using ...

The latest flashpoint, which hits the Supreme Court on Wednesday, involves a proposed storage site in West Texas. ...

Tons of radioactive refuse go into temporary storage every year, and new efforts to store nuclear waste away from reactor ...

Ohio State University researchers develop a battery that converts nuclear waste into electricity using scintillator crystals ...

The select board this week tabled discussion on a plan to bring a non-binding ballot question to voters that would have urged ...

Sweden's radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. It will be hazardous for a very long time. So how can we ensure that humanity does not forget that ...

The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for approving road construction in ...

Florida lawmakers take a stand against adding cavity-fighting fluoride in drinking water, but not on adding radioactive waste ...

In case you’re keeping score, there’s a move in Florida to remove cavity-fighting fluoride in the drinking water while adding radioactive industrial waste products to roads. I know.