The economics debate of nuclear v renewable energy has distracted politicians, media and the public from the hazards of ...

This subcritical experiment will not involve enough fissile material to trigger a nuclear explosion but will help assess the degradation of plutonium over time. The U.S. government insists that ...

The $2 billion Scorpius machine takes a series of X-ray images of the plutonium as a shockwave from a non-nuclear explosion passes through it. This process tests the aging of a bomb's plutonium ...

A DOGE-driven mass firing of critical nuclear workers sparks alarm and leaves scars, as cost-cutting missteps throughout government rattle lawmakers.

Today (March 1) marks the 71st anniversary of the Bikini Atoll detonation – the strongest nuclear bomb the United States ever ...

The goal of conducting a fast-tracked nuclear test can only be political, not scientific. The United States has much to lose ...

Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...

Remember that 1963 comedic caper movie, “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”? Okay, maybe not. It was director Stanley Kramer’s ...

The specter of nuclear war cast a long shadow over the 20th century, serving as a reminder of humanity's capacity for ...

RUBENSTEIN: Okay, so in the movie, you see a time when they're getting ready for the big test, and there's an explosion that ... they had tested the plutonium bomb and it worked.