Oklo and LANL have conducted first plutonium fast reactor tests at NCERC, validating surplus fuel for advanced reactors like ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy expects to begin announcing by December 31 which companies will take about 19.7 metric tons of surplus Cold War-era plutonium for eventual ...

Multi-day fast-spectrum reactor experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Criticality Experiments Research Center generate modern benchmark data. The data supports Oklo’s ...

The United States is preparing to mine a rare nuclear resource from some of its most dangerous Cold War legacies, turning ...

Here’s something wild happening in Washington right now. The government is opening its driest vault—not for war, mind you, but for electricity. I’m referring, naturally, to Cold War-era weapons-grade ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. WASHINGTON • The plutonium that is the key ingredient in thousands of nuclear weapons sidelined in the new arms control treaty ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nuclear waste and radioactive plutonium would be assessed as a fuel for reactors under a draft executive order being considered by the administration of President Donald Trump on ...

(Removes reference in paragraph 5 to fuel plants needing Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval, as the plants would be authorized by the Department of Energy) By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) ...