WASHINGTON, DC, August 5, 2008 (ENS) - It will cost 38 percent more to build, operate and decommission the nation's first nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada than the federal government ...

WASHINGTON – The head of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump project says that despite budget cuts, the Energy Department will meet a self-imposed June deadline for submitting a required license ...

Thousands of tons of nuclear waste that will be dangerously radioactive for tens of thousands of years are piling up at 131 power plants and research labs across the US. Federal law requires that it ...

LAS VEGAS — Three examiners were removed from their audit positions after they uncovered new quality control flaws in the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project, one of the examiners said. Their efforts ...

The Trump administration will seek interest from U.S. states as soon as this week on storing nuclear waste in return for ...

In March 2010 the Department of Energy informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- the nation's independent nuclear regulatory body -- of its decision to withdraw the federal government's ...

Nevada Senator Harry Reid has been the major force preventing Yucca Mountain in his home state from being developed as the repository for America's many tons of nuclear waste. Now Reid says he won't ...

WASHINGTON Lawmakers who support a nuclear waste repository under Nevada s Yucca Mountain continue to fall short of finding additional money for the project. The Obama administration and Senate ...

In an apparent legal victory for the states of Washington and South Carolina, a divided federal court on Tuesday directed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to continue its legally obligated ...

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. will seek interest from U.S. states as soon as this week on ...

The justices rebuffed a petition from an anti-nuclear group that had asked the court to address temporary waste storage.