Repurposing surplus plutonium as reactor fuel could cut costs, ease the advanced nuclear fuel bottleneck, and offer a more ...

According to the Royal Society of Chemistry, a kilogram of plutonium can produce a blast equivalent to 10,000 tonnes of chemical explosives. Nuclear treaties aim to prevent the use of these ...

O’Sullivan also described the chemical composition of Moltex’s fresh fuel as being 45 percent potassium chloride, 23.9 percent uranium chloride, and 22.2 percent plutonium chloride, with the remaining ...

Theoretical predictions say that actinides should become more ionic moving from left to right, but ”there’s no substitute for going out and actually seeing that it’s true” in the lab, says ...

Workers have begun laying the groundwork for the first production later this year of plutonium “pits” — hollow spheres the size of a half grapefruit, made from the rare chemical element.

increased risks of exposure to radiological hazards inherent in plutonium toxicity and chemical complexity. According to an August 3, 2023 letter from the Defense National Facilities Safety ...

NASA's newest Mars rover, Curiosity, is one in a long line of spacecraft to be powered by the radioactive element plutonium. Yet, with this chemical quickly becoming scarce, it may be the last ...