CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Concerns are rising in the Lowcountry as four wasp nests have tested positive for traces of nuclear waste. The first nest was discovered in July and subsequently removed. Now ...

Nuclear power plants are used primarily to generate electricity, and while they're often thought of as a cleaner energy source, there is a drawback. These power plants produce waste. This waste is ...

Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far ...

SEATTLE (AP) — 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 ...

Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A Utah company wants to import massive ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.