An undated photo capturing the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, with the Rio Grande valley and the Sangre de Cristo mountains in the background. (Photo courtesy of Los Alamos ...
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How the world’s nuclear watchdog monitors facilities around the world – and what it means that Iran kicked it out
What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program? Every peaceful program starts with a promise not to build a nuclear weapon. Then, the global community verifies that ...
Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols continues her series on his life. ***Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing ...
Have you ever wondered what does a spacecraft and a pacemaker have in common? Both are powered by plutonium-238 (238 Pu), a versatile isotope, known for its ideal heating properties. Recent research ...
HOUSTON – The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has restored a domestic plutonium-238 production capability after a three-decade lapse by processing a 50-gram sample of the ...
A pair of lawmakers exhorted the Energy Department's top official to consider reining in a major nuclear arsenal modernization program amid long-running concerns over its cost and schedule performance ...
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