The administration of President Donald Trump wants to quadruple US nuclear power capacity to 400 gigawatts by 2050 as electricity demand surges for the first time in decades.

The 3.6 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are a symptom of a national failure that has left nuclear waste stranded at more than 80 sites ...

The U.S. Department of Energy will seek interest from U.S. states as soon as this week on storing nuclear waste in return for ...

The 2026 legislative season is ramping up, and Utah lawmakers are fully embracing the nuclear industry while Wyoming ...

Indiana has no commercial nuclear power plants, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, although a portion of ...

Korea's top negotiator for nuclear cooperation with the United States visited Washington last week, as the two sides are ...

Nuclear power is closer to coming to Indiana as the state Senate’s utility committee passed a bill that would shape how ...

Nuclear power is vital for U.S. energy security and decarbonization, however, more than 91,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel remain without a permanent storage solution. Reprocessing and recycling ...

U.S. nuclear power is seeing a resurgence as utilities, tech companies, and federal programs invest in restarts, SMRs, and ...

One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and accumulates in human thyroids when ingested. In the U.S., nuclear waste ...