The House has through Thursday — the scheduled adjournment of the General Assembly’s fall session — to OK the proposal and send it to Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee sits at the controls for Hanford’s historic B Reactor on Friday, July 12, 2024. It was his first look inside the reactor, part of the Manhattan Project National ...

Underground Tank B-109, which is leaking radioactive waste at the Hanford site, is near a groundwater treatment system that pumps up contaminated groundwater and returns cleaned water to the ground.

The Illinois Senate approved lifting a 36-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power installments on Wednesday in a plan proponents say will ensure the state can meet its carbon-free power ...

The Senate’s 44-7 endorsement opens the door for cutting-edge nuclear technology in so-called small modular reactors, designed to sit on sites for which they produce power, such as large factories.

State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, explains fresh legislation she introduced, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Springfield, Ill, lifting a moratorium on new nuclear reactors in Illinois. Legislation ending ...