The National Nuclear Security Administration’s deputy administrator for defense programs argued in a memo this month that Los Alamos National Laboratory should increase its annual production of ...

To help achieve “American nuclear dominance,” Los Alamos National Laboratory may be expected to produce at least 60 plutonium pits per year — double the previously set minimum. It’s not exactly clear ...

Recycled plutonium and the push to decarbonize power Beyond specialized isotopes, the administration is leaning into a broader concept that would have been politically toxic a generation ago: Recycled ...

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What does get different in a tale everybody thinks they already know when the lost chapter is a weapon that is already on its way? When the first two bombs of the Manhattan Project had accomplished ...

The UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority announced it has succeeded in safely processing a can of plutonium residue into a stable waste form for the first time, marking a significant step toward ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Standing next to a 12-foot nuclear bomb that looks more like a trim missile than a weapon of mass destruction, engineer Phil Hoover exudes pride. “I feel a real sense of ...

The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant was built to turn that nuclear waste into glass; it started operating in October 2025. The history of the Hanford Site and the way the stored ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s deputy administrator for defense programs argued in a memo last month that Los ...