Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at ...
The DOE advances its nuclear fuel supply chain strategy by entering negotiations with 5 private firms to convert 20 metric ...
A research team led by researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has synthesized a new plutonium isotope, plutonium-227. Their study is published in ...
Plutonium (Pu) exhibits one of the most diverse and complex chemistries of any element in the periodic table. Since its discovery in 1940, scientists have synthesized and studied many different types ...
(Corrects paragraph 20 to say Piefer said once plutonium generates power it can no longer be used to make bombs, not it is no ...
An independent oversight agency wants to see improved safety systems at the facility at the heart of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium pit mission: PF-4. The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety ...
WASHINGTON — Ever since 2013, when NASA shelved development of a new plutonium battery four times more efficient than those used today, the agency has been forced to come up with creative solutions ...
The nuclear age is undergoing a paradigm shift. During much of the latter half of the past century, the nuclear enterprise was ascendant; now, it has entered a period of decline and uncertain ...
Two histories of nuclear power can be recounted. The first is the history of the active present. It tells, amongst other things, of the technology’s evolution and role in electricity production, its ...