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How We Should Store Spent Nuclear Fuel

Before a natural disaster destroys another nuclear plant, we need to figure out how to safely and efficiently store spent fuel. The brainiacs at MIT offer solutions.READ»

Nuclear Waste Management Problem Remains

Americans have good reason to be scared of nuclear power. After being pummeled for decades with images of nuclear war, nuclear winter, and now nuclear terrorism, it's hard to stay calm about the subject. But according to a report ...READ»

Super X Divertor Eats Nuclear Waste, Generates Clean Power

The Super X Divertor sounds like some fantasy invention from a 1950s Popular Mechanics. But it's a real device that helps enable two eco-friendly processes: Generating zero carbon-footprint power, and eating up dangerous nuclear waste ...READ»