The second of three planned shipments of high-level radioactive waste has left the Sellafield site in northwest England and ...

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 ...

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

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.

The waste has accumulated in spent-fuel pools and dry casks intended for temporary storage since the U.S. nuclear industry began to take off in the 1960s, and the DOE’s failure to permanently ...

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

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 ...

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 ...