Thermal nuclear weapon, also known as hydrogen bomb, is a type of nuclear weapon which is based on the nuclear fusion process ...

An NTI nuclear expert writes that it was disappointing to see used nuclear fuel reprocessing play prominently in executive ...

Storing used nuclear fuel (and uranium tailings) is a waste because it can still generate energy and is thus more valuable ...

Uranium is used to power the process of nuclear fission. During nuclear fission, an unstable uranium atom is split in half, which releases a large amount of energy. Clean burning and effective ...

As explained by their collaborator Lise Meitner (left) and her nephew Otto Frisch, this is fission, the splitting of atoms.