The United States is preparing to mine a rare nuclear resource from some of its most dangerous Cold War legacies, turning ...

Apr. 25—Trace amounts of plutonium from decades of weapons work at Los Alamos National Laboratory have contaminated the Rio Grande at least as far as Cochiti Lake and could be in the regional aquifer ...

Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard. Photo by Christopher Michel. Radioactive plutonium was found in the air above Bayview-Hunters Point at twice the federal government’s recommended levels, according to a ...

The Trump Administration is proposing to make 20 metric tons of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads available to U.S. power firms for use in advanced nuclear reactors. This plan follows an ...

LAUREL, Md. — NASA may not have enough plutonium available to power a mission to Uranus recommended by the latest decadal survey until the latter half of the 2030s. In a May 2 presentation at a ...

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an important role to play in emerging energy technologies like nuclear batteries ...

Washington’s gamble on metallic fast reactors could turn bomb metal into centuries of power. In October 2025, the US Department of Energy launched an unprecedented offer: 19.7 tons of surplus ...

Something unusual is happening inside the plutonium facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. PF-4, as it is known to top government officials, is the heart of America’s nuclear ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

The Trump Administration has initiated a controversial program to provide weapons-grade plutonium to Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and an investor in the nuclear startup Oklo. This initiative aims to ...

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"If there were adults in the room and I could trust the federal government to impose the right standards, it wouldn't be such a great concern, but it just doesn't seem feasible." In one of his wildest ...