Completing the construction and outfitting of a facility for training the operators who will produce plutonium pits at the ...

A rare radioactive isotope stands between NASA and its next generation of deep-space exploration. Plutonium-238, the fuel ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has produced its first batch of non-weapons grade plutonium, used to power space probes, since a nuclear reactor shutdown 25 ...

Last week U.S. District Judge Mary Lewis Geiger, South Carolina, faulted the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Agency for ignoring the National Environmental Protection Act and ...

APRIL 10TH. THIS EXHIBITION FEATURES MORE THAN 30 ARTISTS, FEDERAL LEADERSHIP IS URGING LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF KEY COMPONENTS OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS, ACCORDING TO THE MEMO ...

Paddlers gathered at Savannah Rapids Park on Saturday to raise awareness about plutonium pit production and radiation ...

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 ...