Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in the US have discovered a rare ...
An accident at the lab that produces America’s nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A map of the areas sampled by analytical chemist Michael Ketterer who released his findings of legacy plutonium waste in Los ...
As of this past Labor Day, there are strong indications that future workers at the planned, new Savannah River Plutonium Processing Plant (SRPPF) may face unnecessary, increased risks of exposure to ...
Lightbridge plutonium disposition fuel variant consumes 5.5 times more plutonium per fuel rod than mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel. Lightbridge’s proprietary next-generation nuclear fuel technology features ...
Oxidation is the process where atoms lose electrons during a chemical reaction. Among the radioactive elements, neptunium and plutonium are much harder to oxidize than uranium. To study these elements ...