Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed ...

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 ...

The rise of a new generation of radiotherapies means we will soon need much greater quantities of radioactive atoms. That's ...

Glassified radioactive waste is going into a lined landfill at Hanford.

The fight between New Mexico and the U.S. Department of Energy over nuclear waste rose a DEFCON level Thursday, with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A new Croatian law that legalized a radioactive waste disposal center on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

But operational safety isn’t the only aspect of nuclear power underestimated in the public eye. Contrary to what “The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Energy on Wednesday signed the paperwork needed to allow radioactive waste to be pumped into the Hanford nuclear ...

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 ...

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 ...

The federal government will begin the long-awaited cleanup of a nuclear waste dump outside Apollo in Armstrong County.

The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Rostraver Township, Pa. accepts fracking waste. A study by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found the liquid runoff from Pennsylvania ...