Visible cracks on the concrete cap of the Runit Dome, a Cold War era nuclear waste repository on Enewetak Atoll in the ...

There are over 100 nuclear waste storage sites across the U.S., most located near nuclear plants such as those in Hanford, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. said on Wednesday it is seeking input from U.S. states on any interest ‌in hosting sites ...

These methods are how the nuclear industry safely manages the 10,000 metric tons of spent fuel waste that reactors produce as they churn out 10% of the world’s electricity every ...

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone.

The National Nuclear Security Administration has restarted uranium purification at the Y-12 National Security ...

S1: Welcome in San Diego. It's Jade Hindman. On today's show , we'll tell you about plans for San Onofre spent nuclear waste. This is KPBS Midday Edition. Connecting our communities through ...

Hands wearing thick safety gloves hold metal tongs holding a container with a molten substance pouring out onto a tray on a counter. Before nuclear waste could be transformed into glass at the Hanford ...

A nuclear production facility in Washington state, called the Hanford site, once forged the plutonium that reshaped the world. Now it’s forging glass; a quiet act of undoing at one of Earth’s most ...

The collapse of a tunnel at the most contaminated nuclear waste site in the United States has raised safety concerns at such facilities described by some as ticking time bombs. Workers on Wednesday ...

“Buying uranium is suspiciously easy. It shows up in a UPS truck,” says Staff Sheehan, CEO and founder of Project Omega. “You can Google it.” He’s not speaking hypothetically. He’s explaining how his ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. said on Wednesday it is seeking input from U.S. states on any interest they have in hosting sites for developing the nuclear fuel lifecycle, which includes storing nuclear waste ...