For now, though, most of it is stored in underground steel tanks, primarily at Hanford, Washington, and Savannah River, South Carolina, key sites in U.S. nuclear weapons development. At Savannah River ...

While the share of nuclear energy in the global mix has been stagnant for years, things might change in the coming years.

New York’s governor on Monday proposed the construction of the state’s first new nuclear power plant in decades. Gov. Kathy ...

PUBLISHED: June 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM PDT The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s map of sites storing spent nuclear waste in the United States.

The commission approved temporary storage sites in Texas in 2021 because nuclear power plants were running out of room and the permanent underground storage facility planned for Nevada’s Yucca ...

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station will mark four decades this year as one of the nation's largest producers. Here's what ...

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 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.

Plants continue to generate an additional 2,000 metric tons of spent fuel each year, as nearly 20% of the nation’s electricity is supplied by nuclear energy, according to the Department of Energy.

Since the U.S. began large-scale nuclear power generation in the late 1950s, nuclear fuel has powered reactors along with an ongoing political debate over the disposal of spent fuel, once it can ...

The main risk inside the storage facility is the chemical toxicity of uranium hexafluoride gas and fluoride compounds ...