Voyages into space are among the most iconic endeavors of the 20th and 21st centuries. Spacecraft that have ventured out to this “final frontier” have relayed stunning images and enlightening ...

The National Park Service runs three different sites related to the World War II Manhattan Project. The one on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington was the first full-scale nuclear ...

An undated photo capturing the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, with the Rio Grande valley and the Sangre de Cristo mountains in the background. (Photo courtesy of Los Alamos ...

If a nuclear project comes into a community and the residents are against it, then the project will likely fail.

Simple and vivid, these lines from the poem “Map of Childhood” by Richland poet Kathleen Flenniken allow readers to step into life in the midst of Hanford Nuclear Reservation’s plutonium production.

Our entire region should be extremely proud of the B Reactor. A massive edifice, built in a year, under tight security. The B Reactor is an underutilized worldwide tourist attraction. Visitors leave ...

Have you ever wondered what does a spacecraft and a pacemaker have in common? Both are powered by plutonium-238 (238 Pu), a versatile isotope, known for its ideal heating properties. Recent research ...

Rosatom has begun preparations for BN-1200M MOX fuel production at Zheleznogorsk, aiming for first delivery in 2033.

This article was first published by Source New Mexico. Read more at sourcenm.com. U.S. energy officials illegally neglected to study impacts to the environment in efforts to increase plutonium ...