The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists4d
Red light for the greenway
A wildlife corridor plans to connect two Superfund sites at the former Rocky Flats plutonium plant and the Rocky Mountain ...
Astronomy23h
Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
Boulder County’s elected officials consider pleas to stop supporting a proposed trail project near Rocky Flats
Boulder County is considering whether to continue supporting a project that would create a new trail connection on land known ...
DOGE Guts the People Who Build and Oversee U.S. Nuclear Weapons
The bulk of the DOE’s nuclear work is done by around 60,000 contract workers. The people who build the missiles, dig the ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN5h
Russia tests next-gen nuclear fuel to boost 600 MWe reactor’s efficiency, cut waste
Nuclear fission reactors struggle with two key problems: poor fuel utilization and complicated radioactive waste handling. To ...
Daily Camera on MSN4dOpinion
Community Editorial Board: Considering a Rocky Flats trail
Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local ...
DOGE Cuts Reach Key Nuclear Scientists, Bomb Engineers and Safety Experts
Firings and buyouts hit the top-secret National Nuclear Security Administration amid a major effort to upgrade America’s ...
Daily Camera3d
March Nature Walk: Walnut Creek Loop skirts the northeast edge of Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Rocky Flats has evolved from being a producer of plutonium for nuclear weapons to becoming a refuge for wildlife. After ...
The Conversation5d
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
While this concept sounds similar to that of a nuclear power plant, RTGs work on a different principle. Most RTGs are built using plutonium-238 as their source of energy, which is not usable for ...