The Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb wasn't without its own dangers. Experiments on a so-called "demon core" of plutonium caused the deaths of two Manhattan Project physicists. Both ...

Federal officials have set a deadline of 2030 for increased production of the plutonium cores used in nuclear weapons. (Airman 1st Class Braydon Williams/U.S. Air Force) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A top ...

In The True Story of the Demon Core, Dr. Ben Miles dives into the chilling and tragic events surrounding the infamous ...

ALBUQUERQUE – Los Alamos National Laboratory has delivered to the federal government the first plutonium core certified for use in nuclear warheads in 18 years.The National Nuclear Security ...

Atomic bombs work via a process called nuclear fission that involves atom splitting. Shortly after scientists discovered nuclear fission, the possibility of a bomb was quickly realized. Albert ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A top nuclear security official says the U.S. must move ahead with plans to ramp up production of key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal despite the challenges ...

Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) (Oklo), an advanced nuclear technology company, today announced it has been conducting a multi-day plutonium fast reactor critical test suite with Los Alamos National Laboratory ...

RENO, Nev. – The plutonium core for the first atomic weapon detonated in 1945 was taken from Los Alamos National Laboratory to a test site in the New Mexico desert in the backseat of a U.S. Army sedan ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile recommended Thursday that the production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads be split ...

Japan's Monju fast breeder reactor should return to service this year, with fresh plutonium fuel replacing its initial core load. Japan's Monju fast breeder reactor should return to service this year, ...

TEHRAN, Iran-- Iranian state TV says nuclear experts have finished removing the core of the country's only nuclear heavy water reactor as part of Tehran's obligations under its nuclear deal with world ...