Where else could you find this kind of energy? At the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) our power comes from our people. Hardworking Americans who oversee the safe use of nuclear technology that powers communities, revolutionizes medicine, and empowers America.

July 11, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News

Zeldin

In a recent interview on New York radio station 77 WABC, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin talked with host John Catsimatidis about the near-term future of the domestic nuclear industry and the role the EPA will play in the sector.

Catsimatidis kicked off the interview by asking if the U.S. will be able to reach total energy independence. Zeldin responded by saying that decreasing energy dependence on other countries, especially adversaries, was a top priority for him and the Trump administration.

To continue reading, log in or create a free account!

WM2026: Leveraging advanced technology and innovation

May 19, 2026, 7:17AMNuclear News

The noticeable exuberance within the nuclear community as a whole appears to have spilled over into the waste management sphere as well, judging from the 2026 Waste Management Conference, held...

WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety

May 13, 2026, 11:55AMRadwaste SolutionsMatt Bowen, Hamna Khan, and Rama T. Ponangi

As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such...

U.K. releases new plans to speed nuclear deployment

March 18, 2026, 2:57PMNuclear News

In an effort to revamp its nuclear sector and enable the build-out of new projects, the U.K. has unveiled a sweeping set of changes to project deployment. These changes, which are set to come...

After decades, Hanford’s WTP begins vitrifying tank waste

October 17, 2025, 7:00AMRadwaste Solutions

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management and its contractor Bechtel announced on October 15 the start of nuclear vitrification operations at the Waste Treatment and...

New report lays out path to U.S. nuclear energy dominance

August 25, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News

The new report “How America Can Achieve Nuclear Energy Dominance,” from the Working Group on U.S. Nuclear Energy Dominance, outlines a plan of action for the Trump administration that...

EPA approves expanded waste storage at WIPP

August 20, 2025, 9:30AMRadwaste Solutions

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the addition of two new waste emplacement panels at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the Department of Energy’s geologic repository for...

UNC, GE agree to clean up former N.M. uranium mine

August 13, 2025, 7:01AMRadwaste Solutions

The United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric will undertake a nearly $63 million, decade-long cleanup project at the former Northeast Church Rock Mine in northwestern New Mexico under a...

Data centers planned at four DOE sites

July 25, 2025, 7:01AMNuclear News

At the end of his July 15 speech at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, President Trump promised that “a lot more [was] going to be announced in the coming week” for...

Hanford proposes “decoupled” approach to remediating former chem lab

June 13, 2025, 7:01AMRadwaste Solutions

Working with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy has revised its planned approach to remediating contaminated soil underneath the Chemical Materials Engineering...

“Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Promise”

June 12, 2025, 7:04AMNuclear News

The title for this year’s waste management issue of Nuclear News is, in my opinion, the perfect framing to consider spent fuel and waste management as we know it now and how we imagine it...

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin talks the future of nuclear

Related Articles