nuclear power

Cañon City in southern Colorado is still dealing with the fallout of radioactive contamination from decades ago. A nuclear waste watchdog group wants communities that are considering partnering with the government on future waste storage plans to have the full picture of the energy cycle and its history.

As northwest Colorado loses coal jobs and dollars, a small group is raising the possibility of nuclear waste storage as a replacement. Community leaders in coal country have mixed feelings about the idea.

Spent nuclear fuel, or what many of us think of as nuclear waste, is building up at temporary sites all across the country, and the U.S. is looking to consolidate it. New research looks at the pros and cons of developing the industry in-state.

A Nevada senator is calling on the Trump administration to be more transparent regarding potential cuts to some agencies, citing national security concerns about recent cuts at the National Nuclear Security Administration.

As nuclear waste piles up around the country, many communities are saying ‘no’ to taking it. In a rural corner of Colorado, however, some see the prospect of storing this spent fuel as an opportunity.

Wyoming is eyeing the nuclear industry to keep young adults from leaving. The state is giving almost $2 million to Western Wyoming Community College to develop a nuclear associate degree – the first of its kind in the state.

Climate change denial and anti-federal government sentiment are popular talking points in Wyoming as of late. However, data on federal dollars earmarked for climate-related projects in the state show another story.

Almost three years ago, an unlikely relationship formed between the declining coal town of Kemmerer and one of the richest people in the world: Bill Gates. That’s because his nuclear company, TerraPower, announced it’d chosen Kemmerer for a “first of its kind” power plant. It promised to pump life back into the economy. But unless you’re deeply embedded in the energy world, it mostly just felt like a lot of talk to residents – until this month, when the project broke ground.

Construction on the highly anticipated Kemmerer nuclear project began this week, and the groundbreaking brought out one of the world’s richest people.

Uranium mining is picking up in the United States – this comes after years of very little production – and it could help a first of its kind nuclear power plant project in southwest Wyoming.