The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository site in southern Nevada has been a proposed long-term solution for spent nuclear fuel for decades. Nevada officials generally have fought the project ...

The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border.

After lawmakers designed Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as the only authorized site where the Department of Energy could permanently store spent nuclear fuel, the Obama administration effectively nixed ...

The decision is the latest chapter in the decadeslong battle over what to do with the waste generated by the nation's nuclear ...

The Supreme Court ruled against Texas and landowners who challenged a plan to store thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste at a facility in the state.

In 2021, the commission approved temporary storage sites in Texas due to nuclear power plants running out of space, and the planned permanent underground storage facility in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.

The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository site in southern Nevada has been a proposed long-term solution for spent nuclear fuel for decades. Nevada officials generally have fought the project ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site near Texas’ border with New Mexico, a win for the federal government in a decadeslong struggle over what ...

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

Yucca Mountain in Nevada was later selected to house this repository. But the site hasn't yet been established amid pushback from the state, and the project was halted during the Obama administration.