The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted its approval to extend the operation of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant for an additional 20 years. Vistra, which is the parent company of the plant, ...

The Supreme Court on June 18 rejected challenges to a nuclear waste storage site on the Texas-New Mexico border.

Fermi, a Texas company looking to build four nuclear plants next to a U.S. nuclear weapons complex, said in documents ...

The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed a federal appeals court ruling that invalidated the license granted by the Nuclear ...

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a half-dozen workers are making what appear to be gray billiard balls. They're ...

The decision is the latest chapter in the decadeslong battle over what to do with the waste generated by the nation's nuclear power plants.

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In a 6-3 decision, the court said Texas and oil industry interests could not fight the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's approval of the site.

At a Senate Environment Committee hearing last week, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) questioned David A. Wright, nominee to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

In March, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office appeared before the justices to argue the Nuclear Regulatory Commission erred in issuing the license.

A rendering of the proposed consolidated interim storage facility in West Texas by Interim Storage Partners that received a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (Interim Storage Partners) ...

Texas’ defeat in its litigation to block the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from licensing a company to store spent nuclear fuel could be a win in the long term.