Nuclear Energy

Officials with the state of Idaho and the U.S. Department of Energy have agreed to a waiver of the state’s 1995 nuclear waste settlement agreement, the two sides announced Tuesday.

Uranium is hauled through a 320-mile route that cuts through or goes near many Indigenous communities, including Ute Mountain Ute and Havasupai land, and large parts of the Navajo Nation. Arizona Mirror reporter Shondiin Silversmith spoke to these communities about their concerns and about her experience on the route.

The United State Department of Defense has broken ground in eastern Idaho in preparation to install and test the nation's first transportable nuclear reactor.

NuScale planned on building small modular reactors at the Idaho National Laboratory, but didn't have enough buyers to move forward.

We look at towns that may see new nuke power plants and uranium mines and what it means for the economy and the environment.

U.S. support for nuclear power is the highest it's been in a decade. And there are a number of proposals for new plants in our region. That could mean an uptick in domestic uranium mining.

As ambitious plans to deploy new nuclear technologies take shape around the Mountain West, a new poll shows Americans' support for nuclear energy is growing.

Five nuclear power plants could be built in the Mountain West by 2035 through a partnership between the nuclear technology company TerraPower and regional utility PacifiCorp.

John C. Wagner discussed the wide ranging mission of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for the City Club of Boise.

The Pentagon has announced that a new nuclear design is going to be assembled in our region. It’s called Project Pele, and it aims to produce a mobile nuclear microreactor.