It argued that 67 nuclear waste storage casks on the Lacey property are not permanent structure and as temporary structures the casks are not subject to being taxed. Lacey's attorneys said that in ...

America’s nuclear waste is sealed away in coffin-like casks and spread out among more than 50 locations around the country. While other countries have developed plans to create a permanent home ...

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 ...

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

Permanent nuclear waste storage facilities can take decades ... the U.S. can be temporarily stored in special pools or in dry casks at nuclear-reactor sites, according to the Nuclear Regulatory ...

Roughly 91,000 metric tons of nuclear waste from commercial power plants ... and up to 40,000 metric tons — of spent fuel in dry-cask, above-ground storage for up to 40 years.

Senate Majority Leader David Hogue said the state should at least begin to explore the potential for nuclear and that waste ...

The legislative push to build nuclear power plants in North Dakota could run up against a perennial problem -- the U.S. lacks ...