When John Quigley became the secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in 2015, he knew that he would be busy trying to keep up with the consequences of the state’s rapid ...

Note to readers •This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. For the first time, leaders of Western states ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Two days ahead of a meeting focused on a proposal to dispose of Canadian radioactive waste at a Tooele County facility, a coalition of 85 groups, most of them environmental ...

New Croatian law paving the way for a radioactive waste disposal centre near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina draws outrcy from Bosnian officials and environmentalists. A file photo dated 12 ...

Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah company is seeking permission to bring in low-level radioactive waste from Canada for disposal at a facility in Tooele County, which has sparked concern from some ...

Should Irvine look to take a lead in relocating and storing San Onofre’s 3.6 million pounds of radioactive waste? The Irvine City Council is split. Overlooking the coastline from its 84 acres on the ...

Throughout the past century, nuclear technology has become a core fascination of the scientific world. Numerous countries have explored its potential and implemented it in medicine, energy, and, ...

After decades of delays, workers at the Hanford nuclear site this October finally began treatment of the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste leftover from the manufacturing of the U.S. nuclear ...

A memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening their existing partnership and nuclear environmental protection and radioactive waste management in Brazil has been signed by the country's ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...