IN a recent article 1 a modification to the normally accepted close-packed face-centred cubic structure of δ-plutonium was suggested. The purpose of this was to give a continuous gradation ...

For the first time in 35 years, the US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has manufactured a plutonium pit for use in a nuclear weapon. Functioning as a radioactive core for nuclear ...

A research team led by researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has synthesized a new plutonium isotope, plutonium-227. Their study is ...

Two conflicting developments arose this month in US efforts to produce new plutonium pits for its nuclear weapons: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced it had produced a ...

NDA officials are said to lean in favour of burying the plutonium deep under the sea, permanently locking it away safely in a ...

Read more at sourcenm.com. U.S. energy officials illegally neglected to study impacts to the environment in efforts to increase plutonium production for nuclear weapons in New Mexico and South ...

Los Alamos National Laboratory has successfully manufactured the first approved plutonium pit as part of an effort to modernize the nation’s nuclear weapons arsenal. The National Nuclear ...

Japan’s plutonium stockpiles in Britain and France totaled 21.8 tons and 15.4 tons, respectively, as of December 2020. Britain shut down its only M OX plant in 2011, which means it can no longer ...

NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have traveled further away from Earth than any other human-made object, sending back useful science data from the edge of the Solar System. But now, having spent ...

Interesting Engineering reported that the scientists tested liquid plutonium oxide, or PuO2, in temperatures as hot as 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 degrees Fahrenheit) to see how it would react in extreme ...

An undated photo capturing the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory, with the Rio Grande valley and the Sangre de Cristo mountains in the background. (Photo courtesy of Los Alamos ...

Ed Miliband has been urged to preserve a 140-tonne stockpile of radioactive plutonium instead of burying it as dangerous waste. The material, which is made up of spent fuel from power plants ...