The Freedom Caucus-backed measure would have banned nuclear fuel waste storage unless approved by voters on a case-by-case ...

State lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities. It would be ...

Nuclear waste. We've all heard about it, but what is it? Is it a problem without a solution? How big is the problem? And what exactly is this waste and why is it so important? New Atlas takes a look ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

The two nuclear reactors at FPL Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in Homestead, Florida. (D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON ...

A proposal to store spent nuclear fuel at a West Texas site along the southeast New Mexico border was dealt another blow in federal court last week as officials sought to reinstate a vacated license ...

The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking states interested in housing regional hubs that could support several parts of the nuclear fuel cycle.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling by a federal appeals court Thursday, clearing the way for plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at a facility in West Texas. The 6-3 vote ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering of Holtec International’s proposed nuclear waste storage site, which the company announced this week won’t happen in ...

The shadow of the long-stalled proposed nuclear waste facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, loomed over Supreme Court proceedings Wednesday as the justices weighed a dispute over the federal ...

Biden administration appeals lower court ruling Nuclear waste storage facility planned for Texas U.S. agency sued by Texas, New Mexico, oil interests Oct 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on ...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving nuclear waste storage plans in rural Texas and New Mexico. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent agency that regulates ...