After decades of delays, workers at the Hanford nuclear site this October finally began treatment of the 56 million gallons ...

SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...

Five years down, about three more to go to complete the dismantlement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. “When we ...

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 Wednesday, ...

A nuclear power renaissance—driven in part by power-hungry AI data centers—has revived a thorny problem: what to do with the radioactive waste left behind. Already, more than 90,000 metric tons of ...

The Environment and Public Works Committee will also consider solid waste and oceans legislation. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will vote on a host of bills this week on a wide ...

A major river in the United States known for being filthy had a bit of a comeback in recent years, symbolizing an environmental victory to many. Which is especially why news that tens of thousands of ...

Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely ...

Officials at a former nuclear bomb site in South Carolina have discovered a radioactive wasp nest. Workers were conducting a routine radiation level check at the Savannah River Site near Aiken when a ...