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 ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear ...

The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline. It is well into its ...

Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of used solid fuel from nuclear power plants worldwide and millions of liters of radioactive liquid waste from weapons production sitting in temporary ...

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The problem of nuclear reactor waste will have to be resolved as nuclear energy becomes more frequently adopted as the world’s source of power. No one is pro nuclear waste. Simply, nuclear waste is a ...

Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...

Texas claims the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacks authority to approve plans. Like a radioactive hot potato, a solution to America's growing stockpile of nuclear waste keeps getting passed around.

No, no, hell no, and no again! said Texas and its powerful oil industry, in a legal challenge to the federal government’s power to license privately-operated nuclear waste storage sites in the Lone ...