An anticipated 12,000 tonnes of nuclear waste could be stored in rock in the repository at a depth of 500 metres. The spent fuel will be encased in 5-metre-long, ...

At nuclear waste storage locations near the ocean, that salt spray can settle on the steel canisters. Generally, stainless steel is resistant to corrosion , which you can see in the shiny pots and ...

The 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act established a permanent repository for nuclear power plant waste, which is still considered hazardous for thousands of years. USA Today contributed to this story.

No, no, hell no, and no again! said Texas and its powerful oil industry, in a legal challenge to the federal government’s power to license privately-operated nuclear waste storage sites in the ...

The Supreme Court ruled a company can store nuclear waste at a facility near the Texas -New Mexico state line. Nuclear experts say the 6-3 ruling could free up private companies to keep nuclear ...

A place to perhaps store at least some of the 3.55 million pounds of waste sitting at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station remains in play after a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court — but ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site near Texas’ border with New Mexico, a win for the federal government in a decadeslong struggle over what to ...

In September 2021, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a license to a company called Interim Storage Partners that allowed it to store 5,000 metric tons, and up to 40,000 metric tons, of ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling by a federal appeals court Thursday, clearing the way for plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at a facility in West Texas. The 6-3 ...

The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border. News Sports Business Opinion Entertainment Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court has made it easier to consider the possibility of nuclear waste storage on the Texas-New Mexico border. The high court rejected challenges to a nuclear waste ...