The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository site in southern Nevada has been a proposed long-term solution for spent nuclear fuel for decades. Nevada officials generally have fought the project ...

The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository site in southern Nevada has been a proposed long-term solution for spent nuclear fuel for decades. Nevada officials generally have fought the project ...

Nuclear energy advocates who have said proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada must be opened before new power reactor can be ordered are now backing away from that position ...

The decision is the latest chapter in the decadeslong battle over what to do with the waste generated by the nation's nuclear ...

The Supreme Court has ruled to allow plans to proceed for a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in West Texas.

As some communities in far northwest Colorado discuss hosting a temporary nuclear waste storage facility, western leaders are ...

After lawmakers designed Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as the only authorized site where the Department of Energy could permanently store spent nuclear fuel, the Obama administration effectively nixed ...

The Supreme Court ruled against Texas and landowners who challenged a plan to store thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste at a facility in the state.

In 2021, the commission approved temporary storage sites in Texas due to nuclear power plants running out of space, and the planned permanent underground storage facility in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.

Some see the high court’s decision in case against the state of Texas as a promising sign, but significant hurdles remain.

The state had filed suit to reverse the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision to license the facility in Andrews County.