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

Once hyped as “too cheap to meter,” just three “Peaceful Atom” plants have opened in ... fully face them Lithium may be a long way from plutonium, high level radioactive waste, or the ...

But Miller’s alleged possession of highly radioactive plutonium did not capture the attention of federal agents at high levels, according to court records. A federal investigator told local ...

A Hadley man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Springfield for allegedly possessing ammunition and explosives despite previously being convicted of a felony, prosecutors said.

For example, each atom of the Pu-238 isotope contains 144 neutrons ... Next, the nuclear reaction products were chemically separated by means of the plutonium-uranium extraction (PUREX) process. First ...

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 ...

As each uranium atom breaks apart, it shoots out neutrons ... in a rare form of uranium (U-235)—or converted into plutonium (Pu-239). Heavy water can play a role in breeding weapons-grade ...