Nuclear waste is one of the deadliest materials on earth, containing radioactive materials that emit ionising radiation which can cause severe damage to living tissues and DNA and increase the ...

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

The Supreme Court on Wednesday debated how to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste as Texas tried to persuade the justices to block a storage site near the state’s border with New Mexico.

In 1982, Congress enacted a federal law that required the government to establish a permanent facility to house spent fuel, later determined to be Yucca Mountain in Nevada. But the site has yet to ...

Three decades ago the Prairie Island nuclear facility near Red Wing faced a public relations dilemma, as well as a practical problem of spent radioactive fuel rods needing to be ...

Drivers who speed through construction zones may soon find a ticket in the mail, under a bill heard in Carson City on Tuesday ...

FILE - In this July 14, 2018, file photo, people leave the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour near Mercury, Nev. President Donald Trump appears to have reversed position to now ...

The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license certain nuclear waste storage facilities amid objections brought by the state ...

WASHINGTON — The shadow of the long-stalled proposed nuclear waste facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, loomed over Supreme Court proceedings Wednesday as the justices weighed a dispute over the ...

Three decades ago the Prairie Island nuclear facility near Red Wing faced a public relations dilemma, as well as a practical ...