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 ...

In the first week of the 83rd Legislature, lawmakers spent time discussing issues specific to Nevada. National issues also ...

Yucca Mountain was officially designated as the nation’s nuclear waste “repository” during the administration of George W. Bush in 2002. But the project was the subject of legal and ...

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

Las Vegas Sun video: Obama and Bill Richardson respond to questions about creating a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain (about 90 miles north of Las Vegas) during the Nov. 15, 2007 ...

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 ... s Yucca Mountain as the ...

But even though the first nuclear plant in the ... A giant underground permanent repository in Nevada called Yucca Mountain had been slated to take the waste but the Obama administration cut ...