Nuclear waste is largely misunderstood, thanks to the Cold War and war movies. However, even if nuclear energy is safer than ...

Jan. 8—Uranium mine waste northeast of Gallup is a step closer to being safely stored after the Environmental Protection Agency and Navajo Nation finalized a plan Monday to transport 1 million cubic ...

After years of demanding the cleanup of uranium waste at the Kerr-McGee Quivira Mines on the Navajo Nation community advocates got the news this week that the Environmental Protection Agency will ...

THOREAU — Sitting around a table in a library at Thoreau High School, 10 Navajo students all nodded when asked if they are scared for themselves. But it’s not only about them, they said. The 15- and ...

A Utah uranium mill this year received 138 tons of uranium-bearing material from Japan. Environmentalists claim the material is harmful radioactive waste, while the industry says it’s a fuel source ...

The Department of Justice made a deal with two energy companies to remove uranium mine waste from Navajo Nation land located in New Mexico. “The United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric Company ...

Uranium waste is a problem with no easy solutions. A proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency to remove uranium mine waste from our community, the Red Water Pond Road community 11 miles north ...

WASHINGTON -- About 40,000 canisters of depleted uranium are spread out in rows at the Paducah (Ky.) Gaseous Diffusion Plant. An additional 20,000 are stored at a closed facility in Piketon, Ohio. For ...

AUSTIN, Texas, July 11, 2008 (ENS) - The Sierra Club has filed suit in state district court to overturn a decision by the state's environmental regulatory agency to grant a license for disposal of ...