The U.S. Department of Energy is betting $40 million that scientists can shrink the danger window of spent nuclear fuel from ...

DOE Flips Nuclear Waste Debate Upside Down Because 100,000-Year Risk Falls to 300 ...

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A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

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A team of researchers has initiated a deep drilling project underneath a mountain in ...

As Japan takes the final steps toward restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest nuclear facility, familiar debates are resurfacing: reactor safety, seismic risk, and ...

Virginia-based Jefferson Lab is leading a project to transform nuclear waste into usable electricity while also drastically reducing its radioactive life.

BUCHANAN, New York (CNN) — The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline. It ...

London/Washington — The Trump administration's plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

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