Nuclear Waste

Idaho and the U.S. Department of Energy have agreed to waive a 1995 nuclear agreement to allow research on spent nuclear fuel in East Idaho. The waiver will allow radioactive waste generated in another state to be sent to the Idaho National Lab, or INL, for study.

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

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has signed off on a design for a small modular nuclear reactor, but some scientists say the approval is misguided. These…

Federal officials say a move to reclassify high-level nuclear waste will not affect an agreement to remove that material from Idaho, though there are some…

The company managing nuclear waste cleanup at Idaho National Laboratory says it’s one step closer to tackling the site’s backlog.Fluor Idaho just wrapped…

A total of four barrels containing radioactive sludge at an eastern Idaho nuclear site were found to have ruptured, officials said Wednesday, after…

In 1995, former Idaho Gov. Phil Batt signed an agreement with the Department of Energy, laying out deadlines to safely remove nuclear waste from the Idaho…

A barrel containing radioactive sludge ruptured at an Idaho nuclear facility, federal officials said Thursday, resulting in no injuries and no risk to the…

U.S. officials don't have to provide details about proposed shipments of extremely radioactive spent commercial nuclear fuel to the country's top…

An excavator that slid into a nuclear waste pit in Idaho has been retrieved.The excavator slid into the pit May 11 after a partial collapse of the dig…