The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published the final two of a five-volume series of its safety evaluation report for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Each volume covered ...

YUCCA MOUNTAIN, Nev. — Standing before the yawning, black mouth of the entrance to the Yucca Mountain repository site, Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) made an aggressive pitch yesterday for storing the ...

Nevada Democratic Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto introduced a bill that would repeal the law establishing Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste repository. The Jobs Not Waste Act would not ...

Although federal law designates the Nevada site as a permanent repository for the country’s inventory of spent nuclear fuel, it’s remained little more than a construction site for more than a decade.

The fight to stop a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain has lasted for over three decades. For Nevada's Congressional delegation and the Western Shoshone, it's a question that doesn't go away.

WASHINGTON — Leading Democratic presidential candidates in the Nevada caucuses opposed building the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in the state where a majority of residents oppose it. And ...

President Trump yesterday signaled his administration will reverse course and abandon the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada — a move that could pay off politically in the ...

Yucca Mountain appears to be a nonstarter – again. The Biden administration, days old now, “opposes the use” of the controversial repository “for storage of nuclear waste,” Jennifer Granholm, the ...

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Nevada has taken a new step toward permanently ending the long-stalled Yucca Mountain nuclear waste depository project. Attorney General Aaron Ford's office said Tuesday that the ...

Editor’s note: As he does every August, Brian Greenspun is turning over his Where I Stand column to others. Today’s guest is Bob Halstead, who recently retired after a 30-year career as executive ...

Roger Henning, Ph.D., the onsite technical manager at Nuclear & Regulatory Support Services LLC, is a longtime friend and colleague of mine with great experience and expert knowledge of nuclear energy ...

The final presidential debates take place Wednesday in Las Vegas. Given the location, a controversial issue sure to come up is that of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. The repository is ...