The case examines whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to grant a license to Interim Storage Partners ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated how to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste as Texas tried to convince the justices ...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court wrestled with whether to move forward with plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at a site ...

A private company aims to build a nuclear waste storage facility in West Texas. Trains would likely carry the spent fuel ...

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The justices heard arguments in a dispute over a federal license for a private waste storage facility planned in Texas.

According to a report by the Associated Press (AP), roughly 100,000 tons (90,000 metric tons) of used fuel rods, some dating back to the 1980s, are accumulating at current and for ...

The Trump administration appears to be reversing a plan to end the lease for an office that manages radioactive waste as the Trump administration seeks to cancel leases for hundreds of federal ...

For the past few decades, the most dangerous radioactive and chemical waste has been and continues to be moved from single-shell tanks to safer double-shell tanks at Hanford. The waste will remain in ...