Nuclear fuel supply chain security has become a central pillar of American energy policy as the nation seeks to decouple its ...

Scientists at the INL have discovered a rare quantum property in a plutonium compound paving the way for new material and ...

Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at ...

For 80 years Oak Ridge National Laboratory has produced isotopes that treat cancer and power deep space exploration.

Scientists uncovered traces of plutonium-244 in deep-sea crust, revealing a continuous cosmic rain from a kilonova explosion ...

An international research team detected rare radioactive isotopes within the Pacific Ocean crust, tracing them back to an ...

Radioactive specks buried deep inside ancient ocean crust are forcing scientists to rethink what Earth has been quietly ...

The Trump administration is moving forward with talks with companies to turn Cold War-era plutonium into a fuel for new nuclear reactors, part of a multi-pronged strategy to ensure there is enough ...

A sprinkling of radioactive plutonium atoms hidden in the ocean floor may trace back to a cosmic cataclysm more than 100 million years ago. What's more, that stardust appears to still be raining down ...

Deep-sea crusts preserved plutonium traces from a rare ancient cosmic event, likely a neutron-star merger, dating back over ...

Eventually, some 30 years after the fire, the investigation into the Windscale disaster was fully declassified, bringing fully to light the U.K.’s worst nuclear disaster for the first time. She trains ...