Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are attempting to understand what happens during ...

The writer of a letter to the editor in the Nov. 6/13, 2023, edition, titled “Nuclear Waste,” has some serious misconceptions about disposal of such waste (page 3). If these were corrected, he would ...

Unlike burning fossil fuels, nuclear power plants release very few greenhouse gases. They’re safer than they’ve ever been, and currently generate around a fifth of the U.S.’s electricity. However, ...

Researchers are exploring the use of radioactive waste to create ultra-long-life micro-nuclear batteries for specialized ...

Parts of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station have the air of a ghost town. Since operations ceased about five years ago, many of the buildings have been torn down. Concrete circles mark the spots where ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

Even with the ongoing leaks, researchers found, "There is little evidence of any accumulation" A Cold War submarine that sank in 1989 is still leaking radioactive material into the water off of Norway ...

To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo The Trump administration aims to quadruple the current nuclear energy output over the next 25 ...

Radioactivity is defined as the release of energy by means of radiation in atoms. It was first discovered in the year 1896 by Henri Becquerel, who carried out further experiments in conjunction with ...