Nuclear power is among the cleanest energy sources on Earth, but the materials that fuel it can degrade during operation. A new international study may unlock safer, longer-lasting fuel for the next ...

A study published in the journal Nuclear Engineering and Design has revealed that atomic reactor waste could actually be used to boost hydrogen production by up to 10 times the current rate.

Though newly popular, the nuclear program in the US is nothing new. The US hosts more reactors and production capacity than ...

The final 85-gallon drums of toxic Hanford waste left an Idaho treatment facility in 2010, bound for permanent disposal in ...

Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed ...

Nuclear energy is often regarded as the cleanest power source on Earth. Unlike coal or gas, nuclear power plants don't release smoke and other contaminants into the air. They produce massive amounts ...

London/Washington — The Trump administration's plan to unleash a wave of small futuristic nuclear reactors to power the AI era is falling back on an age-old strategy to dispose of the highly toxic ...

Every atom is a coiled source of power. But some atoms pack more punch than others. The radioactive elements fueling nuclear reactors can be coaxed into generating so much power that in the mid-1950s ...

Hands wearing thick safety gloves hold metal tongs holding a container with a molten substance pouring out onto a tray on a counter. Before nuclear waste could be transformed into glass at the Hanford ...

Several European investors have backed an $85 million growth investment in nuclear-energy startup Newcleo, which is developing a small modular reactor that runs on recycled fuel rods. The deal ...