The huge PUREX processing plant at Hanford is at risk of releasing radioactive contamination into the environment the longer it remains standing, according to a new Department of Energy report. The ...
Completing the construction and outfitting of a facility for training the operators who will produce plutonium pits at the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A plan to dilute and dispose of excess plutonium dating back to the Cold War was frozen by an executive order President Donald ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To help achieve “American nuclear dominance,” Los Alamos National Laboratory may be expected to produce at least 60 plutonium pits ...
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy expects to begin announcing by December 31 which companies will take about 19.7 metric tons of surplus Cold War-era plutonium for eventual ...
A report has emerged projecting that China will secure the capability to deploy 2,000 nuclear warheads in combat by 2035.
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The Department of Energy is accelerating construction of the new facility, aiming to produce 50 plutonium pits annually by 2030. While production ramps up, concerns remain about existing radioactive ...