KAMINOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture—Neighboring municipalities have grown irate over a surprise plan to build an interim storage facility here for spent nuclear fuel, but there may be little they can do ...

AOMORI--The governor of Aomori is set to sign off on storing spent nuclear fuel in the coastal town of Mutsu in this prefecture, launching Japan’s first non-power plant storage facility. Governor ...

Recent controversies over sprawling energy development have triggered a slate of bills to empower voters and communities in state-level energy ambitions.

The US is weighing a policy shift by offering US states incentives to host nuclear waste facilities as it pushes an ambitious expansion of atomic power to meet rising electricity demand ...

The Trump administration’s growing nuclear energy push now includes enlisting state help handling spent fuel, a politically ...

The Environment Ministry said Friday that storage of nuclear waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and surrounding areas in interim facilities has begun -- nearly four years after the ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

In Campbell County, Wyoming, commissioners have delayed a decision on nuclear waste storage amid strong public opposition. As County17 reported, the draft resolution proposed would prevent the storage ...

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.

Experts want the responsibility for permanent disposal of nuclear waste in the hands of a nonprofit or similar corporate entity. Which is a nice way of saying the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering of Holtec International’s proposed nuclear waste storage site, which the company announced this week won’t happen in ...