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

Capping the Repository site will see an engineered cap of aggregate and other specially-sourced materials installed over the legacy trenches and vaults when closed. This cap will permanently protect ...

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 years ago Tuesday ...

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

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 ...

Nation's high court hears arguments in a case weighing the fate of storage facilities for nuclear spent-fuel built and ...

"Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the permanent solution," said Justice Neil Gorsuch during the Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.

The federal government says the Texas plaintiffs are misreading the law in a way that would disrupt the nuclear power ...

The Supreme Court will consider a dispute over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's license allowing thousands of metric ...

The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the ...

The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the ...

State attorneys are set to argue the Nuclear Regulatory Commission erred in issuing a license for a temporary nuclear waste ...