After years of debate and developing open space trails into Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, a former bomb factory, warning signs are up.

A smoldering electromagnet brought the local fire department to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium facility, known as ...

A person reflects in the window of the U.S. Department of Energy, with the official portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump on the wall, following a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., ...

The scramble to build new reactors to supply power to AI data centers may rely on plutonium from the nation’s nuclear deterrent. The Trump administration is considering a proposal to divert plutonium ...

Instead of burying plutonium and pretending it has disappeared, we can put it to work. With advanced fast reactors, like those being developed by private American innovators, stored fuel will be ...

The lab where Oppenheimer developed the atomic bomb is the linchpin in the United States’ effort to modernize its nuclear weapons. Yet the site has contended with contamination incidents, work ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. An independent oversight agency wants to see improved safety systems at the facility at the heart of Los Alamos ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Navy waited 11 months to alert locals that airborne plutonium at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard had exceeded ...

The Trump administration is considering a proposal to divert plutonium that plays a central role in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile to fuel a new generation of power plants, according to an Energy ...

MINSK, 27 October (BelTA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law terminating the agreement with the United States on the disposal of surplus weapons-grade plutonium, TASS reports. In ...

Plutonium is considered a fascinating element. It was first chemically isolated in 1941 at the University of California, but its discovery was hidden until after the Second World War. There are six ...