As Washington's energy industry and lawmakers take another look at nuclear power as a way to reach a carbon-free energy ...

Virginia-based Jefferson Lab is leading a project to transform nuclear waste into usable electricity while also drastically reducing its radioactive life.

"Believe me, nuclear [energy] is a very big part of our future." Officials spark backlash with controversial decision ...

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

In December, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to explore sending the nuclear waste from the San Onofre Nuclear ...

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

The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant was built to turn that nuclear waste into glass; it started operating in October 2025. The history of the Hanford Site and the way the stored ...

In the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, experts are wary of a new government initiative pushing for nuclear power. Electrical company SaskPower and the Saskatchewan government are looking into ...

Nuclear energy is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to ways of generating electricity. On one hand, there are those who believe nuclear is a much better alternative to fossil fuels and ...

U.S. scientists are developing an innovation that could reduce nuclear waste storage time by 99.7%, transmuting long-lived radioactive materials into shorter-lived isotopes. The Jefferson Lab project, ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in favor of a proposal to build new nuclear power plants in the EU.

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have begun the final installation of ...