The bulk of the DOE’s nuclear work is done by around 60,000 contract workers. The people who build the missiles, dig the silos, and construct submarines are people working for a federal contractor.

My grandfather J. Robert Oppenheimer shared the first principle of nuclear weapons: The only safety from them is in ...

A push toward a "Golden Era of American Energy Dominance" could be delayed due to budget cuts and defunding efforts in the ...

With the completion of the B61-12 program, work has now started on the B61-13, specifically designed for “certain harder and ...

In response to a recent environmental report, Santa Fe County commissioners reportedly plan to raise concerns about impacts of a potential expansion of ...

The advancement of nuclear reactors is a priority of the Trump administration. At a recent press conference in Los Alamos, N.M., Energy Secretary Chris Wright said “almost nothing” has ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of two stories on Kairos Power’s plans for building test reactors in Oak Ridge ... Fuel Fabrication Facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National ...

The Department of Government Efficiency’s wide-ranging and haphazard cuts to the federal government have reached the nation’s nuclear safety ... staffers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory ...

Those activities are ramping up under U.S. government plans ... virtual Nuclear Watch New Mexico workshop about the draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) for the Los Alamos ...

Westinghouse plans to begin ... such as Oak Ridge and Los Alamos. The launching of the USS Nautilus in 1955. The Nautilus was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine.