The staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it will prepare a supplement to the Department of Energy’s environmental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed Nevada spent nuclear fuel ...

WASHINGTON — Nevada senators said Monday they plan to testify against the health risks and dangers of transporting and storing nuclear waste near Las Vegas when a Senate panel begins consideration of ...

WASHINGTON -- Contractors on the Yucca Mountain Project are preparing layoffs for between 60 and 80 workers in anticipation of budget cuts from Congress, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Notices were ...

American officials have recommended that the limit on how much radioactive waste is stored at Yucca Mountain be removed as the country's waste management strategy reaches a crunch point. American ...

THE Obama administration must not unilaterally discard 30 years and billions of dollars spent studying and preparing Yucca Mountain as a repository for the nation’s nuclear waste. Two of Washington’s ...

WASHINGTON — Visiting Nevada’s Yucca Mountain in 2011 was like walking through a ghost town, Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., recalled in an interview. It was the year after the Obama administration ...

The amendment is a reaction to the NRC’s decision not to follow U.S. law that calls for an assessment of the facility within three years. The Obama administration opposes the Yucca Mountain project ...