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Thousands of tons of nuclear waste that will be dangerously radioactive for tens of thousands of years are piling up at 131 power plants and research labs across the US. Federal law requires that it ...

The federal government has a fund of $44.3 billion earmarked for spending on a permanent nuclear waste disposal facility in the United States. It began collecting money from energy customers for the ...

Arkansas is looking to close the gap between how much energy the state produces versus how much we import from other states. Currently, Arkansas uses almost 60 percent more energy than power ...

As we continue to agonize over the fate of highly radioactive nuclear waste — and local cities throw their weight behind an effort to move San Onofre’s to higher ground on Camp Pendleton — we’d like ...

Other highlights of Obama’s budget include a sharp reduction in funding for the nuclear waste dump Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The new budget removes virtually all of Yucca’s funding with the exception ...

Re “Kerry Would Block Nevada Waste Site,” Aug. 11: I am always confused by the negative attitudes toward the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site. Has anyone considered -- assessing the amount of money ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy will seek interest from U.S. states as soon as this week on storing nuclear waste in return for incentives to build nuclear reactors, a ...