The Manhattan Project that built the atomic bomb wasn't without its own dangers. Experiments on a so-called "demon core" of plutonium caused the deaths of two Manhattan Project physicists. Both ...

As of this past Labor Day, there are strong indications that future workers at the planned, new Savannah River Plutonium Processing Plant (SRPPF) may face unnecessary, increased risks of exposure to ...

Surplus plutonium fuel conversion is now a central pillar of the United States strategy to secure a domestic energy future. On May 26, 2026, the U.S.

Plutonium is “the stuff out of which atomic bombs are made.” Plutonium can also be used as a nuclear fuel. Reprocessing is any technology that extracts plutonium from used nuclear fuel. In Canada, the ...

The Trump administration has announced that it has selected several nuclear start-ups to participate in a project that would ...

Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has faced criticism from nonproliferation experts.