The first plutonium pits were created at the Los Alamos site for the Trinity test, which saw the world’s first detonation of a nuclear bomb in the desert of New Mexico.

The article goes on to claim that plutonium jazz was banned after artists and concert attendees got radiation poisoning. The ...

Crime Mass. man indicted on explosives charges, allegedly had plutonium and other hazardous substances in his home The Hadley man was indicted for possessing ammunition and explosive materials ...

Plutonium is the 94th element in the periodic table and one of the most dangerous elements on Earth. Here we explore Plutonium in more detail.

Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 million years ago. Kilonovas occur when binary neutron stars spiral closer ...

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 expanding nuclear ...

Your bathroom is probably the most boring place in your house — unless you’re one of those people that has the multi-person walk-in showers with … ...

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., first announced the removal of the plutonium, stored at the Nevada National Security Site north of Las Vegas, on Friday.

The proposed plutonium pit facility at Savannah River Site will reconstruct a massive 500-room partially completely abandoned building designed for the Mixed Oxide Plant. The spectacularly failed ...

A Japanese Yakuza leader pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday for attempting to traffic military-grade weapons and roughly 1,100 lbs of narcotics. Those charges alone will get someone ...

140 tonnes of plutonium is currently being stored at Sellafield, the nuclear site in Cumbria The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a ...