The spent nuclear fuel canisters are closely monitored using external sensors, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Tennessee’s leaders are weighing a plan that could mean more nuclear waste is stored in the Volunteer State. State lawmakers ...

Nuclear energy isn't exactly clean, with nuclear waste never exactly going away. But this inventive new process might help ...

The United States currently lacks an industrial capability to recycle UNF. Project Omega's ARPA-E award, which falls under the CURIE (Converting UNF Radioisotopes Into Energy) program, aims to ...

Tennessee is applying to land a Nuclear Lifecycle innovation Campus in Oak Ridge. The campuses are a proposal from the ...

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

The Department of Energy successfully disposed of decades-old nuclear waste using innovative GeoMelt technology, turning reactive metals into stable glass.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave its stamp of approval, ending a three-year process to allow the plant to power on.

Utah Gov. Cox announced potential plans for a major nuclear fuel recycling facility supported by new state legislation, ...

Some participating residents expressed concerns about the possibility of the facility damaging the environment and causing ...