This is one of several misconceptions about nuclear energy: America’s nuclear waste is not buried in a mountain or tucked at the bottom of a deep, rocky cavern. It is sealed away in coffin-like ...

The byproduct of nuclear energy is still associated with atomic bombs or nuclear meltdowns, but what comes out of reactors is ...

The problem is only going to get bigger because nuclear power is a central part of the government's mission for "clean power by 2030" and "more nuclear power means more nuclear waste", said the BBC.

During his campaign, Richardson has said that he would not open Yucca Mountain up, but instead he would use the site for research to help solve the nuclear waste problem, and on the Las Vegas CNN ...

FranceâÄôs waste reprocessing program makes this problem even worse, increasing their waste stream sixfold. Finland is currently attempting to construct the largest nuclear reactor in Olkiluoto. This ...

BUCHANAN, New York (CNN) — The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline.

A federal review of a plan to move highly radioactive nuclear waste to rural West Texas from sites across the U.S. has concluded that regulators should approve the plan because it would not lead to ...