The U.S. defense budget, which the House of Representatives passed this week largely along party lines, includes a provision that could ramp up the required capacity for plutonium pit production at ...

The public has until July 16 to comment on production of plutonium pits at Savannah River Site and Los Alamos.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Savannah River Site opens new construction fronts to build its plutonium facility The National Nuclear Security Administration ...

An accident at the lab that produces America’s nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research.

North Korea says it has resumed plutonium production from spent fuel rods and has no plans to stop nuclear tests as long as the United States still “threatens” Pyongyang, Kyodo News reported Wednesday ...

Behind closed doors, Congress is in the process of making a decision that will have a profound impact on nuclear risk levels and global security. Hanging in the balance is a decision to recklessly ...

Last week U.S. District Judge Mary Lewis Geiger, South Carolina, faulted the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Agency for ignoring the National Environmental Protection Act and ...

A professional nuclear engineer reacts to popular misconceptions about plutonium production, breaking down the actual physics ...