Rafael Grossi, director-general of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has downplayed the chances of nuclear reprocessing becoming a reality in many nations. In an interview with Reuters ...

PARIS, April 02, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: On January 20th, 2026, Orano signed a major contract with NuRO (Nuclear Reprocessing and Decommissioning facilitation Organization of Japan) ...

The siren song of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing beckons again, selling a sweet melody that, actually, threatens to stymie hopes of a nuclear energy revival in the United States. A tantalizing ...

The Department of Energy is asking Congress for new legal authority to manage spent nuclear fuel and move past the ...

Idaho's role in nuclear energy waste management is under scrutiny as the DOE considers the state for a Nuclear Lifecycle ...

For decades, a third rail of US nuclear power policy has been reprocessing spent fuel and extracting the plutonium. The country has alternately supported and suspended reprocessing over the past ...

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Thursday the U.S. and South Korea have agreed to discuss nuclear fuel reprocessing following a summit between U.S. President ...

As North Korea escalates tensions on the Korean Peninsula, a new debate has ignited in Seoul over whether South Korea should have the right to reprocess spent nuclear fuel — a step that would allow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Jimmy Carter addresse the U.N. General Assembly in New York on March 17, 1977. Associated Press The nuclear waste ...

Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited has announced that it now expects the reprocessing plant under construction at Rokkasho in Japan's Aomori Prefecture to begin commercial operation in 2024 instead of 2022, ...

Most of the approximately 30 countries with nuclear power programs neither reprocess spent nuclear fuel nor use mixed oxide (MOX) fuels. Only France and Russia currently operate commercial-scale ...

Aug 17 (Reuters) - Although no U.S. company now reuses its nuclear waste, the country has a long-running history with the technology. Following are timeline highlights of the U.S. inquiry into ...