The 3.6 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are a symptom of a national failure that has left nuclear waste stranded at more than 80 sites ...

Everyone talks about nuclear waste like it’s an unsolvable apocalypse, but the truth is way more practical. The real problem ...

Five years down, about three more to go to complete the dismantlement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. “When we started in 2020, we said it would be about eight years,” said Ron Pontes, ...

Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

The problem of nuclear reactor waste will have to be resolved as nuclear energy becomes more frequently adopted as the world’s source of power. No one is pro nuclear waste. Simply, nuclear waste is a ...

SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...

Nuclear waste remains a major environmental hazard due to its long-lasting radioactivity, which can persist for thousands of years. However, new research by University of Sharjah scientists, published ...

The debate is between those who see a path to making nuclear waste clean again and those who advocate a more cautious approach. An ancient Greek saying warns us that “there is no such thing as a free ...

Ed Miliband’s flagship green energy cable to Orkney is being sold as a clean power lifeline, yet the route it must take cuts ...