Utilizing excess plutonium from nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes has long been an ambition in nuclear power. Now, AI induced demand is moving this dream forward.

(Corrects paragraph 20 to say Piefer said once plutonium generates power it can no longer be used to make bombs, not it is no ...

An analysis of Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant responds to claims of an imminent 200-bomb threat, detailing technical realities of reactor-grade plutonium.

North Korea now has enough plutonium to make 10 nuclear bombs, South Korea said Wednesday, a week after leader Kim Jong-Un said it was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Despite the cheerful smiles on their faces, history records that the little box killed an estimated 80,000 civilians after it was detonated on August 9, 1945 over Nagasaki. Fat Man was detonated over ...

Nuclear weapons experts are raising the alarm bells over the pressing need for the Trump administration to codify in any new deal a ban on Iran's attempts to use plutonium from its facilities to build ...

A grapefruit-sized sphere of plutonium holds enough energy to wipe a city off the map. But how does that actually work? From chain reactions to hydrogen bombs, we’re breaking down the terrifying ...