Emmanuel Steven Lidden could be sentenced to 10 years in jail after ordering radioactive substances, including plutonium, in ...

Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the sun's light can feel on Earth.

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...

Prosecuting lawyers are pushing for a “science nerd” to receive a custodial sentence for importing plutonium and uranium -- ...

As for Rocky Flats, a 1972 paper from radiochemist Edward Martell and one of his colleagues at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado reported that just east of the site ...

Federal officials have backtracked on plans to cancel a lease for office space in New Mexico where dozens of U.S. Department ...

Money to pay Hanford workers was instead used to pay personal debts and credit card balances, say investigators.

While this concept sounds similar to that of a nuclear power plant, RTGs work on a different principle. Most RTGs are built using plutonium-238 as their source of energy, which is not usable for ...