As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

Liquid-fueled molten-salt reactors, another new type, could increase waste volume too. In these designs, fuel and coolant are ...

As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

A major cleanup breakthrough at one of the United Kingdom's most challenging nuclear sites is offering fresh optimism for the effort to tackle legacy radioactive waste. At Sellafield in Cumbria, ...

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 Republicans who dominate Utah’s politics — from the legislature to the governor’s mansion — are aggressively pursuing ...

London/Washington — The Trump administration's plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

2011 was a scary year for nuclear reactor sites. The summer floods threatened to encroach on reactors in Nebraska and Iowa, an earthquake and a hurricane happened in quick secession to rattle and ...

North Dakota lawmakers are studying radioactive waste storage as the state considers nuclear energy, which is a decade away.

According to the Michigan Advance, "Zombies Against Palisades" saw protesters donned in Halloween costumes and armed with poignant signage. The protest was mainly about the Palisades nuclear plant ...

Countries are racing to build new reactors. But we've barely figured out how to clean up the old ones — and the bill is ...