The National Nuclear Security Administration’s deputy administrator for defense programs argued in a memo this month that Los Alamos National Laboratory should increase its annual production of ...

Japanese national Takeshi Ebisawa sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for attempting to sell weapons-grade plutonium to Iran.

The memo points to geopolitical strife as a reason behind increased urgency to modernize America's nuclear stockpile.

A Japanese yakuza boss who attempted to sell nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, to Iran was ...

The scramble to build new reactors to supply power to AI data centers may rely on plutonium from the nation’s nuclear deterrent. The Trump administration is considering a proposal to divert plutonium ...

Instead of burying plutonium and pretending it has disappeared, we can put it to work. With advanced fast reactors, like those being developed by private American innovators, stored fuel will be ...

Sellafield Ltd has awarded LTi Metaltech a £45m contract to supply specialist containers for its SRP plutonium repackaging plant.

Unification Minister Chung Dong-young identified three locations—Yongbyon, Guseong, and Kangson—as areas where North Korea’s uranium enrichment facilities are operational on the 6th and estimated that ...

MOSCOW - Russia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at reducing vast stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium left ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. An independent oversight agency wants to see improved safety systems at the facility at the heart of Los Alamos ...

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