Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared torn Wednesday about whether to block a federal license allowing a private company to store spent nuclear fuel away from a nuclear facility amid safety concerns ...

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

A nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan is aiming to make history this fall by becoming the first reactor in the ...

Xcel wants to continue operating the plant into the 2050s. It’s requesting to store an additional 34 casks of spent fuel at the site. But spent fuel storage has a history of controversy at the plant ...

Researchers may have found a way to create a nuclear waste battery that could theoretically run for decades without needing to recharge.

The power plants in Colstrip have been providing power to the American West since the 1970s, but coal-powered electricity is ...

The storage of nuclear waste has been a controversial topic in the United States for decades. Now the Supreme Court will ...

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

The legislation signals a shifting view of nuclear energy amid rapid climate change and growing energy demand.