Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

Russia's A.I. Leypunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering has begun tests to study the neutron-physical ...

Uranium, plutonium and thorium can all be dissolved in appropriate ... with molten salts used as a coolant instead of water. The second design is a liquid fuel model, in which fissile material ...

Robert Zubrin's Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR) design is a rocket that uses known physics and engineering . There are ...

Plans to transform Hanford had just begun inching forward when U.S. President Donald Trump started his second term.

Netherlands-based start-up startup Thorizon, has secured €20m ($16.8m) in funding to accelerate the development of its ...

That’s where Natura Resources is working to construct a molten salt–cooled, liquid-fueled reactor ... and they needed to enrich uranium to plutonium for warheads, and solid fuel reactors ...

China has been significantly increasing its nuclear arsenal despite signing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The report released by the staff of the Federat ...

The RLWTF treats liquid radioactive and hazardous waste generated at the Plutonium Facility from the fabrication of plutonium pits, or the cores, of nuclear weapons. Those activities are ramping ...

Whereas its predecessors relied on solar panels to power their motors, Curiosity uses plutonium to power its ... For example, Curiosity found signs of liquid water and the presence of organic ...