Many Americans—including students in the History of the Atomic Bomb course taught at the University of Texas at Austin by Bruce J. Hunt, A&S '84 (PhD)—have learned a version of this story: On Aug. 6, ...

In a sprawling building atop a mesa in New Mexico, workers labor around the clock to fulfill a vital mission: producing America’s nuclear bomb cores. The effort is uniquely challenging. Technicians at ...

"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 ...

What we know so far: The United States is opening part of its Cold War – era plutonium stockpile to help reduce reliance on Russian uranium and speed development of next-generation nuclear reactors.

WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The United States has offered energy companies access to nuclear waste that they can convert into fuel for advanced reactors, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Gwyn McClelland is the former recipient of a National Library of Australia Fellowship and a Japan Foundation Fellowship. He is the president of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia. At first, ...

President Trump’s proposal to repurpose the U.S. plutonium stockpile to fuel nuclear reactors resulted in a May 23, 2025, executive order directing the Department of Energy (DOE) to revisit disposal ...

SEATTLE(AP) — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first ...

For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic bomb to ...

SEATTLE (AP) — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation's nuclear arsenal, from the first ...

SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...