Throughout the past century, nuclear technology has become a core fascination of the scientific world. Numerous countries have explored its potential and implemented it in medicine, energy, and, ...

On Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings unveiled a massive new robotic arm designed ...

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alongside plans to establish a strong renewable energy sector, Japan aims to redevelop its nuclear energy capacity to boost its ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

The world’s largest nuclear power station is edging back toward full operation in coastal Niigata, a turning point in the long and uneasy comeback of atomic energy in Japan. After more than a decade ...

Some 3.55 million pounds of nuclear waste is beached at San Onofre. The spent fuel held in more than 120 stainless steel canisters at the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, lodged ...

Nuclear energy is one of the most polarizing topics when it comes to ways of generating electricity. On one hand, there are those who believe nuclear is a much better alternative to fossil fuels and ...

The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant was built to turn that nuclear waste into glass; it started operating in October 2025. The history of the Hanford Site and the way the stored ...

Japan is shifting its energy policy to redevelop its nuclear energy capacity, aiming for 20 percent of its power from nuclear energy by 2040 to support climate goals. The world’s largest nuclear ...