Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at more than 100 sites in 39 states, in a range of different structures and containers. For decades, the nation has been trying to send it ...

In addition to Utah, Tennessee, South Carolina and Nebraska have also stepped forward, willing to do all of the above.

How will we know if a steel canister filled with highly radioactive nuclear waste is starting to crack? A scratch on one of the canisters at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, as detected from ...

The global total of used nuclear fuel produced by nuclear power plants is about 448,000 tonnes of heavy metal, with three quarters in storage and one quarter reprocessed, according to the ...

Nuclear energy is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to ways of generating electricity. On one hand, there are those who believe nuclear is a much better alternative to fossil fuels and ...

To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo The Trump administration aims to quadruple the current nuclear energy output over the next 25 ...

Finland's Posiva is on the verge of receiving an operating license for the world's first permanent nuclear waste disposal facility, built 400 meters underground in 1.9-billion-year-old bedrock at a ...

Nuclear energy is hot and everyone wants a piece of the action. President Donald Trump has announced his vision to quadruple America’s nuclear capacity by 2050, and 33 countries signed a declaration ...

Four kilometres beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, beyond the reach of sunlight and far from shipping lanes, lies a ...