The reactor was "a key component in plutonium production" for a nuclear bomb, the IDF said.

Israel struck an Iranian reactor in the central city of Arak on Thursday in its latest efforts to destroy the regime’s nuclear programme.

The world’s first production scale reactor built at the Hanford nuclear site near Richland in Eastern Washington changed the course of history, as its operation launched the Atomic Age.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nuclear waste and radioactive plutonium would be assessed as a fuel for reactors under a draft executive order being considered by the administration of President Donald ...

Much of the focus on Iran’s nuclear program has been on Tehran’s enrichment of uranium. But experts also keep a close watch on the Islamic Republic’s Arak heavy water reactor. That’s ...

INL scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in fuel production for next-gen molten salt reactors, overcoming a key hurdle in making these advanced nuclear power systems viable and bringing ...

"Operating a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is an exclusive club, one that China looks set to join," says a researcher behind the analysis of satellite images and government documents.

FILE: This is a World War II photo of the historic "B Reactor" at Hanford, Wash., which was the world's first plutonium production reactor. The Hanford nuclear reservation sits along the Columbia ...

The B Reactor on the Hanford nuclear site in Washington was the world’s first production scale reactor and launched the Atomic Age.

A medium-sized reactor produces enough plutonium for 20 nuclear weapons per year. A breeder reactor produces enough for 50.

After Iran's devastating 1980s war with Iraq, it began a secret military program to seek a nuclear weapon and approached four nations to purchase a heavy water-moderated reactor.