SEATTLE (AP) — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first ...

A preliminary injunction has confirmed – and expanded – a temporary restraining order preventing radioactive waste from being dumped at a Wayne County, Michigan, facility. The legal fight began in ...

Florida roads could soon contain a radioactive hazardous waste produced by fertilizer production giant The Mosaic Co., following recent federal approval of a pilot project studying ways to build roads ...

The debate is between those who see a path to making nuclear waste clean again and those who advocate a more cautious approach. An ancient Greek saying warns us that “there is no such thing as a free ...

Nuclear fusion could produce almost boundless energy with zero emissions or waste, but is not yet viable on a large scale because of the cost and difficulty generating the right conditions.

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) - On a 100-acre section of land northeast of the closed Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS), mammoth trucks and front-end loaders are busy digging and filling a $650 ...

DOE starts vitrification at Hanford, converting tank waste into durable glass. Plant produced glass that meets disposal standards for lined landfill burial. Vitrification frees double-shell tank space ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

Parks Township residents are concerned, even skeptical, that government contractors can remove 33,000 cubic yards of nuclear waste, package it and ship it to Utah without harming their community. Army ...

More than two decades after construction of the Hanford nuclear site’s massive vitrification plant began, the plant has taken one of the final steps to begin treating waste for disposal as soon as ...

LANSING, MI — Legislation that would block the import of radioactive waste to Michigan is advancing in lame duck. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Senate energy and environment committee voted 10-4 to advance ...