A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

Engineers have selected the site for its geological stability, absence of resources, and buy-in from Indigenous groups.

Stafford Sheehan’s new startup Project Omega is working with the U.S. government to turn nuclear waste into “unlimited energy." ...

Most nuclear energy is thermal. All that complex nuclear physics and chemistry serve merely to create steam that spins a turbine, the same as any combustion-based power plant does. But what if you ...

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Researchers at the DOE’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility are advancing two high-stakes projects ...

The legislation would task the Department of Energy with studying spent nuclear fuel recycling. A bipartisan pair of senators at the helm of influential committees are pushing to expand the federal ...

The Trump administration’s plan to fast-track construction of new commercial nuclear reactors to address a power crunch around the country leans heavily on a small group of start-ups trumpeting a bold ...

Some 3.55 million pounds of nuclear waste is beached at San Onofre. The spent fuel held in more than 120 stainless steel canisters at the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, lodged ...

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday approved a slate of bipartisan bills spanning issues from nuclear waste recycling to plastics cleanup and diesel emissions. Most of the ...