Justices Back Temporary Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Site June 18, 2025 By Greg Stohr and Zoe Tillman The US Supreme Court left intact a federal plan to store as much as 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste...
Supreme Court Hears Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Dispute March 5, 2025 By Blake Brittain The U.S. Supreme Court was hearing arguments on Wednesday on whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license...
Contamination Fears Stoked by Water Leak at German Nuclear Site May 24, 2024 By Petra Sorge Water is leaking into an underground nuclear waste facility in Germany creating fears about toxic contamination of groundwater and highlighting...
How Dangerous Is Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Plant After 10 Years of Cleanup? March 12, 2021 By Mari Yamaguchi OKUMA, Japan – A decade ago, a massive tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of its...
Tsunami-Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Begins Fuel Removal in Melted Reactor April 18, 2019 By Mari Yamaguchi The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant began removing fuel Monday [April 15] from a cooling pool at one...
Nuclear Power Industry Pushes for Fewer Inspections March 18, 2019 By Ellen Knickmeyer The nuclear power industry is pushing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cut back on inspections at nuclear power plants and...
Nuclear Defense Facility Safety Board Raises Concerns Over Change in Policy August 30, 2018 By Susan Montoya Bryan An independent safety panel that provides oversight of some of the nation’s highest risk nuclear facilities voiced concerns Tuesday that...
Employee Sues Montana Hospital for Whistleblower Firing on Nuclear Waste September 3, 2013 A fired Montana employee from Bozeman Deaconess Hospital has filed a lawsuit contending he was dismissed after reporting to federal...