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Nuclear Waste Storage Still Faces an Uphill Battle. Nuclear reactor production has been increasing, and in late 2024, the federal government announced plans to triple nuclear power production by 2050.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a decades-old fight that tends to put Americans on edge even more than politics: Where to store the nation’s spent nuclear fuel.

Biden administration appeals lower court ruling Nuclear waste storage facility planned for Texas U.S. agency sued by Texas, New Mexico, oil interests Oct 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ...

EXCLUSIVE: There is no permanent disposal site for high-level nuclear waste in the United States, hard as that may be to grasp. "The nation has over 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel from ...

The waste from nuclear energy poses so little danger, a person would need to stand near it for an entire year to be exposed to as much radiation “as maybe one or two X-rays,” said Brian Vangor ...

This story is part one of a two-part series that examines the effects of nuclear waste contamination in Coldwater Creek on the surrounding community in St. Louis, Missouri. Part two aired ...

As some communities in far northwest Colorado discuss hosting a temporary nuclear waste storage facility, western leaders are reaffirming they want a say.

The 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act established a permanent repository for nuclear power plant waste, which is still considered hazardous for thousands of years. USA Today contributed to this story.