A nuclear engineer reacts to a chilling what-if scenario: swimming in a nuclear spent fuel pool. This video explains what ...

Cladding is a crucial layer that keeps radioactive materials sealed from the reactor. The hostile environment eventually ...

Over $200 million in annualized run-rate reductions, mostly already executed across manufacturing, logistics, sourcing, and ...

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy paired with a growing pile of difficult-to-discard spent fuel. But a new ...

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The presence of 3.55 million pounds of nuclear waste stored “temporarily” at the San Onofre nuclear power plant — which was permanently shut down in 2013 after severe problems with key plant equipment ...

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 ...

On November 24, the Niigata Prefecture approved the partial restart of the seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant—the world’s largest, with a 7,965-megawatt-electric capacity—the first time ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal to pursue partnerships with national laboratories on resolving issues with spent nuclear ...

Dry canister storage at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Photo courtesy of Southern California Edison) The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal to ...

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal to pursue partnerships with national laboratories on resolving issues with spent nuclear fuel stored at the closed San ...