The world has been enriching uranium for many decades, primarily beginning in the Cold War era. As a result, there are ...

The Manhattan Project's Trinity test bomb detonated on July 16, 1945. The light, noise, shockwave, and fallout cloud were impossible to keep secret.

The Associated Press toured the lab where X-energy is making small amounts of fuel for testing. Anyone beyond a magenta-and-yellow chain that warns of radioactivity must wear gowns, two layers of ...

Physicists have discovered that silicon-22 reveals a new proton magic number offering critical insights into nuclear ...

Nobel Laureate in Physics David Gross emphasized the urgent need for international cooperation to prevent a nuclear war in an interview with China Global Television Network in Beijing on Sunday, on ...

Under President Donald Trump, the GOP has decided to go nuclear. The federal government’s support of science and medicine is being systematically destroyed by devastating cuts to research, agencies ...

Eighty years after the U.S. used the atomic bomb on Japan, debates on nuclear weapons remain fraught. In Los Alamos, the ...

With decades of experience in national security, Jill Hruby joins the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board to help confront ...

A nuclear engineer discusses the pros and cons of nuclear energy, and ongoing concerns about nuclear security.

Ankit Saxena wants to protect nuclear reactors and other infrastructure from future seismic activity. And he sees particle dampers, a vibration-damping technology, as the key to success.

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce that the Chalk River Laboratories has ...