A new study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths. Nearly 20 percent of ...

The panic following the catastrophic meltdown of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl in the Soviet Union in April 1986 resulted in nearly 400 fewer new nuclear power plants being built than had been ...

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was ordered to conduct multiple clean-up projects at the facility in northern New Mexico after a federal judge ruled in favor of a watchdog group targeting the ...

Even as many U.S. nuclear reactors reach the end of their estimated life spans, the country still gets nearly 20% of its power from these sites. Now, new research claims that shutting them down could ...

Researchers looking at miniscule levels of plutonium pollution in our soils have made a breakthrough which could help inform future 'clean up' operations on land around nuclear power plants, saving ...

If the USA were to shut down its nuclear power plants, the pollution from the coal, gas, and oil that would be used to make up the generation shortfall would result in a worsening of air quality that ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB A renewed push to reintroduce nuclear energy facilities to Oregon is headed toward a quiet end as the 2025 session speeds through its final days. One of the bills that made ...

With the Philippines now ranked among the world’s top plastic polluters, the government is betting big on nuclear technology to address the country’s waste crisis.

With plastic pollution accelerating faster than global recycling infrastructure can manage, NUTEC Plastics offers a ...

The Philippines has pledged support for the IAEA's NUTEC initiative, using nuclear tech to monitor marine microplastics and ...