Officials discovered a large drum at Rocky Flats. The area was once home to a factory that manufactured parts for nuclear ...

This, as he found out, isn’t something you should do lightly, as the one he used ended up containing an interesting mix of radioactive materials, including small amounts of plutonium-239 ...

Beginning in the late 1950s, the U.S. met this challenge by developing nuclear batteries known as radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and producing plutonium-238 (Pu-238) as their fuel, ...

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THE Government has announced it will dispose of 140 tonnes of plutonium being stored at Sellafield – but some have questioned the decision. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA ...