California’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, extended its operation until at least 2030. The Diablo Canyon Power Plant ...

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Unlike burning fossil fuels, nuclear power plants release very few greenhouse gases. They’re safer than they’ve ever been, and currently generate around a fifth of the U.S.’s electricity. However, ...

Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Suzanne Dahl has worked to treat radioactive tank waste at the Hanford cleanup site in southeast Washington for more than 30 years. For Dahl, the tank waste ...

In a rural pocket of western Pennsylvania, along the leafy banks of Sewickley Creek, a small, jagged pipe juts just above the waterline, its cement casing carpeted in moss. The pipe releases treated ...

Finland is nearing the activation of a groundbreaking underground repository for highly radioactive nuclear waste, designed ...

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