The historic B Reactor, the world's first plutonium production reactor, is visible in the distance. This article originally appeared on Oakridger: Nichols' diplomacy skills are stretched thin over ...

Hanford’s historic B Reactor, the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor, went critical on Sept. 26, 1944. Courtesy TRIDEC Wigner’s team had designed the Hanford reactors to house 1,600 ...

This satellite image provided by Maxar on June 18, 2025 shows Iran's Arak heavy water reactor building after Israel launched airstrikes on the reactor. Credit: AP By The Associated Press Updated ...

Hanford’s B Reactor, the world’s first full-scale production reactor, is shown from the air in 1944. All that summer, construction workers streamed into the Hanford camp, filling barracks as ...

The IDF said its strike "targeted the component intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development." Iran says it is ...

Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, hit by an Israeli airstrike, was part of Tehran’s nuclear deal by JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press - 06/19/25 1:12 PM ET ...

Hanford’s historic B Reactor, the world’s first full-scale nuclear reactor, went critical on Sept. 26, 1944. Wigner’s team had designed the Hanford reactors to house 1,600 process tubes.

“The strike targeted the component intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development,” the Israelis said.

Iran has long maintained its program is for peaceful purposes. However, it also had been enriching uranium up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

This satellite image provided by Maxar on June 18, 2025 shows Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor building after Israel launched airstrikes on the reactor. (Maxar Technologies via AP) World ...