The Board of Supervisors agreed to support research and development aimed at recycling hundreds of tons of spent nuclear fuel ...

Spent nuclear fuel pools are designed to cool fuel rods after they come out of a nuclear reactor. While powering a nuclear ...

"That's not a reason not to do nuclear." New report examines long-standing problem with the US nuclear power plans: 'It's not a gigantic thing' first appeared on The Cool Down.

At nearly 20 percent of our current electricity production, U.S. energy policy must include commercial nuclear power to satisfy our increasing demand for electricity over the next century, yet certain ...

The Texas government's recent loss in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling may prove to be a long-term victory for the state — at least in the eyes of those who see nuclear energy as a viable and desirable ...

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared torn Wednesday about whether to block a federal license allowing a private company to store spent nuclear fuel away from a nuclear facility amid safety concerns raised ...

The Center for Energy Regulation and Policy Analysis (CERPA) at the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources has released a highly anticipated white paper exploring spent nuclear fuel ...

The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on whether federal regulators can authorize temporary waste storage far from nuclear power plants. The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider whether to ...

The process of removing the used uranium-beryllium fuel from former nuclear submarine reactors at the Russian naval base Gremikha has concluded after more than a decade. (Image: Rosatom) The 11th and ...

A chemical process will isolate lead-212's parent material from the used nuclear fuel, and then be turned into ...

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Head of Innovative Products Development Department for Russia’s Tenex and former chairman of World Nuclear Association’s Used Nuclear Fuel working group, explains what a closed ...

The Texas government's recent loss in a U.S. Supreme Court ruling may prove to be a long-term victory for the state — at least in the eyes of those who see nuclear energy as a viable and desirable ...