Finland may soon become the first country to develop a permanent way to store spent nuclear fuel by burying it in tunnels ...

The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license allowing a private company to store ...

Scientists have been building nuclear weapons for more than 80 years, but crafting this technology remains a challenge.

Scientists use light-emitting crystals and solar panels to turn the latent energy in nuclear waste into microbatteries.

Reports suggest the justices are favoring Texas, though a ruling in the state’s favor could counter its recent efforts at ...

Here's what to know about the case: Roughly 100,000 tons (90,000 metric tons) of spent fuel, some of it dating from the 1980s ...

The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on whether federal regulators can authorize temporary waste storage far from ...

Tons of radioactive refuse go into temporary storage every year, and new efforts to store nuclear waste away from reactor ...

The Supreme Court will decide a high-stakes dispute over the storage of highly toxic nuclear waste at privately run U.S.

The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the ...

The Supreme Court will consider a dispute over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's license allowing thousands of metric ...

The case focuses on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of a project to store spent nuclear fuel at a remote site in ...