It’s been more than 30 years since there were any discussions of storing nuclear waste in Colorado. Before revisiting that debate, it is important to understand the three major waste ...

With thousands of tons of radioactive waste piling up across the U.S., Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the final resting ...

“Yucca Mountain,” according to Project 2025’s section on energy, “remains a viable option for waste management, and DOE should recommit to working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...

CARSON CITY — In the first week of the 83rd Legislature, lawmakers spent time discussing issues specific to Nevada, from holding school districts accountable to reviewing mail ballot deadlines.

said it might seem to be in the best interests of his state to ship out the nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain. However, the risks of transporting nuclear waste to another state poses an uncertain risk.

Nuclear energy, and ... just waiting for it to be sufficiently decayed for storage in low level waste disposal like Yucca mountain (or reprocessed, but that is yet another confusing story).

At the California power plant, some 3.55 million pounds of waste is stored in dozens of canisters at the north end of the ...

Nevada’s senior senator signaled her opposition to Wright’s nomination last week, when the Trump nominee stopped short of condemning the long-term disposal of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. If ...

But even though the first nuclear plant in the U.S. opened ... permanent repository in Nevada called Yucca Mountain had been slated to take the waste but the Obama administration cut off funding ...