In 1977, the Carter administration deferred the commercial reprocessing and recycling of plutonium from the U.S. nuclear ...

Such a move would risk putting weapons in the wrong hands and harming the nation’s defense, Democratic Senator Ed Markey ...

The scramble to build new reactors to supply power to AI data centers may include plutonium from the nation’s nuclear ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump to cancel a plan to make surplus plutonium from Cold War-era atomic bombs available as a fuel for nuclear ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration plans to make available about 20 metric tons of Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to U.S. power companies as a potential fuel for ...

Sen. Ed Markey is sounding the alarm over the White House’s plans to dole out weapons-grade plutonium to private industry and ...

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an ...

Nuclear recycling reduces spent fuel volume and half-life and creates a vital new energy resource. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, more than 90% of potential energy remains in spent ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The discovery of nuclear fission in ...

The Trump administration has taken a sound, tough stance with Iran, but needs to follow through with the rest of the world.

During its years producing plutonium for nuclear weapons, Hanford dumped effluent directly into the Columbia River and into ...