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 ...

*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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – A recent satellite image appears to show North Korea is restarting a plutonium reactor, in a move that could raise renewed international alarm over its nuclear weapons program, a U.S ...

(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) ...