Using lead as a coolant could save us from a nuclear catastrophe.
Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at ...
The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with five companies to provide old plutonium to convert into fuel for future nuclear reactors.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy expects to begin announcing by December 31 which companies will take about 19.7 metric tons of surplus Cold War-era plutonium for eventual ...
Utilizing excess plutonium from nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes has long been an ambition in nuclear power. Now, AI induced demand is moving this dream forward.
The Trump Administration is proposing to make 20 metric tons of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads available to U.S. power firms for use in advanced nuclear reactors. This plan follows an ...
An analysis of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant responds to claims of an imminent 200-bomb threat, detailing technical realities of reactor-grade plutonium.
A new generation of nuclear power plants could burn 100 tonnes of surplus weapons-grade plutonium as a good way of keeping it away from terrorists, according to scientists working for the European ...
North Korea has restarted a plutonium reactor that could fuel a nuclear bomb and is seeking missile technology that could threaten the United States, Washington’s top spy said Tuesday. In an annual ...