Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are breathing new life into the scientific ...

Lasers, heat and a notoriously tricky element are at the center of a quiet revolution in how the United States plans to power ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered what does a spacecraft and a pacemaker have in common? Both are powered by plutonium-238 (238 Pu), a versatile isotope, known for its ideal heating properties. Recent research ...

HOUSTON – The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has restored a domestic plutonium-238 production capability after a three-decade lapse by processing a 50-gram sample of the ...

Barbara Scollin, grandniece of Major Gen. Kenneth D. Nichols continues her series on his life. ***Ample reasons, most notably leadership skills, personality traits and qualifications, led to choosing ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The agency that oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal says it doesn’t need to do any broad environmental reviews of a proposal that calls for ramping up production of ...