We’ve never quite figured out how to safely store all of that spent nuclear fuel. And it’s a problem that’s about to get ...

TVA has long said it would close all coal plants by 2035, but is reviewing an executive order aimed at reviving the dying ...

"And yet people are terrified of it." Professor debunks common misconception about nuclear power plants: 'It's just ...

The U.S. Supreme Court's current term includes cases involving guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, ...

A lawsuit charges National Grid, a major gas utility, with mismanaging a toxic industrial site near two densely-populated ...

Legacy radioactive waste that had been stored at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for more than 50 years has ...

Waste from coal plants was one of the Trump administration's recent deregulatory targets. Commonly called coal ash, this waste includes hazardous metals like lead and arsenic and is produced in huge ...

Lawmakers introduced a package of bills to support nuclear fusion research, in hopes of creating a nuclear "Silicon Valley" ...

As much as $589 billion will be needed to finish environmental cleanup and some monitoring at the Hanford nuclear site in Eastern Washington, but there is some good news there. Three years ago, the ...

To really compare different electricity sources, you also have to look at the roles they play in keeping the lights on and ...

Our government has embarked on a “modernization” program for America’s nuclear weapons, with Los Alamos National Laboratory producing the radioactive warhead cores (called pits) for a replacement grou ...

A Nuclear Waste Management Organization senior transportation engineer explains transportation signage for waste uranium during a tour of NWMO's facility in Oakville, Ont., Tuesday, Dec. 12 ...