This, as he found out, isn’t something you should do lightly, as the one he used ended up containing an interesting mix of radioactive materials, including small amounts of plutonium-239 ...

No human-made objects have traveled further into the final frontier than Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, but both probes are ...

A DOGE-driven mass firing of critical nuclear workers sparks alarm and leaves scars, as cost-cutting missteps throughout ...

Boulder County is considering whether to continue supporting a project that would create a new trail connection on land known ...

Beginning in the late 1950s, the U.S. met this challenge by developing nuclear batteries known as radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and producing plutonium-238 (Pu-238) as their fuel, ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran is taking steps to accelerate its near weapons-grade uranium in a ...

F or the first time in 35 years, the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has manufactured a plutonium pit for ...

The results suggest that the radioactive dust originated in Algeria's Reggane region, but its plutonium levels didn't match the low isotopic ratios (below 0.07) from France's nuclear tests.

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...

Japan’s plutonium stockpiles in Britain and France totaled 21.8 tons and 15.4 tons, respectively, as of December 2020. Britain shut down its only M OX plant in 2011, which means it can no longer ...

Research is now underway to develop new technologies for the reprocessing facility planned as part of the Experimental ...

A groundbreaking technology in the UK has opened the door to transforming radioactive waste into usable energy.