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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho official says the U.S. Department of Energy has given the state a two-month deadline to waive parts of an agreement to clean up nuclear waste

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A Navy spokesman says spent nuclear fuel from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise that is being decommissioned Dec. 1 will be sent to eastern Idaho for study and storage. Tom Dougan of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program tells the Post Register the spent fuel from the ship's eight reactors will arrive at the Naval Reactors Facility at the Idaho National L

The Japanese government has raised the nuclear alert level to 5: "Accident with wider consequences."