Plutonium 'pits' and Small Modular Reactors are all part of Energy Secretary Chris Wright's early goals for his department.

For decades the nuclear weapons 'club' has been limited to nine nations. But fears Trump could withdraw America's 'nuclear ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

Nuclear fission is a process where the nucleus of a heavy atom, such as uranium or plutonium, splits into two lighter nuclei, releasing a significant amount of energy. This reaction is the basis of ...

Since it was first synthesized in a post-WW2 American lab in 1949, berkelium has been a rebel of the periodic table, defying ...

A fissile material is defined as one which is capable of fission (a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two to release energy ... Examples of fissile materials are uranium-235, ...

Nuclear fission reactors struggle with two key problems: poor fuel utilization and complicated radioactive waste handling. To ...

When the nucleus of a heavy atom, such as uranium or plutonium, is split into smaller parts (a process called nuclear fission), a huge amount of energy is released. This nuclear reaction is the ...

An international team of researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new method for analyzing actinides. The method provides unique insights into the electronic ...

Nuclear fission technology refers to the process of splitting an atom into smaller nuclei. The two element’s atoms which are generally used in this process are uranium-235 or plutonium-239. Nuclear ...

Japan, which already has large stocks of plutonium and advanced nuclear technology ... Investigator of the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science ...