• Energy
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 21st, 2014
Nuclear Waste in the UK Could Soon Become a Low-Carbon Energy Source

Nuclear Waste in the UK Could Soon Become a Low-Carbon Energy Source

Companies are looking to build a plant able to process nuclear waste at Sellafield

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • September 19th, 2013
NASA Is Running Out of Plutonium 238 Which Powers Most Deep Space Probes

NASA Is Running Out of Plutonium 238 Which Powers Most Deep Space Probes

The problem is that no new plutonium is being created anywhere in the world

ESA Wants Spacecraft Batteries Containing Nuclear Fuel

ESA Wants Spacecraft Batteries Containing Nuclear Fuel

A UK facility is working towards producing these devices

  • Energy
  • By Oana Grigoras
  • December 1st, 2011
General Electric to Build a Plutonium Reactor in the UK

General Electric to Build a Plutonium Reactor in the UK

The company could develop a multibillion pounds project aiming to use plutonium as fuel

Engineers Make Plutonium Harmless with New Method

Engineers Make Plutonium Harmless with New Method

It prevents the material from being used aggressively

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2009
Weapons-Grade Plutonium Found in US Landfill

Weapons-Grade Plutonium Found in US Landfill

The jar contained the oldest known sample of the stuff

Antineutrinos to Pose as Alarm Against Plutonium Theft

Antineutrinos to Pose as Alarm Against Plutonium Theft

Plutonium quantities can be easier to monitor by counting antineutrino particles

Nuclear Waste Threats to Pollute Columbia River

Nuclear Waste Threats to Pollute Columbia River

Nuclear wastes

Actinide Element Curium (Cm) Has Strange Crystal Structure

Actinide Element Curium (Cm) Has Strange Crystal Structure

How the crystal structure of some metals becomes stable through magnetism

Superheavy Element

Superheavy Element "Ununbium" Actually Has Ordinary Chemistry

Element 112 and its chemical reactivity

Unusual Properties of Plutonium

Unusual Properties of Plutonium

New theory about its ever-shifting face