The United States is set to conduct a subcritical nuclear test in the spring, aiming to evaluate the condition of plutonium used in its nuclear wea ...

The Ukrainian town of Pripyat has been left to decay for nearly four decades after it was abandoned overnight after the 1986 ...

The RPS uses two Stirling engines to convert the heat generated by the decay of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) into electricity.

As another plus, this carbon-14 is derived from graphite blocks, which are a byproduct of nuclear fission reactors. So, not ...

Researchers discovered rutherfordium-252, the shortest-lived superheavy nucleus, refining the "island of stability" map and ...

Like stretch marks left on skin that expanded too quickly or cracks embedded in freezing ice, cosmic strings are artifacts of what the universe looked like in the moments before it rapidly changed ...

Astatine-211 (At-211) is one of a handful of promising alpha emitting radioisotopes for cancer therapy. Its short 7.2-hour half-life means that it must be handled quickly to minimize losses due to ...

As someone who has worked in the nuclear power industry, I recognize nuclear power as essential to an affordable clean energy energy portfolio as we look to mitigate the climate effects of carbon ...

This once top-secret US military base, built at the height of the Cold War, contained an even more covert mission – storing nuclear missiles in Arctic tunnels. What remains now is an abandoned ...

The Chinese government has claimed that it has been "forced" to develop nuclear weapons as a United States official issued a warning about China's weapons of mass destruction program. Newsweek has ...

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"I think our policy on that hasn't changed. We have not made such a recognition," he told a press meeting at the Foreign Press Center in Washington. "I can't speak to what the incoming team will ...