The energy needs of advanced AI catalyze renewed interest in nuclear energy. The risks that led to nuclear phase-outs remain untouched. Are we ready to take them.

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The bulk of the DOE’s nuclear work is done by around 60,000 contract workers. The people who build the missiles, dig the ...

Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the sun's light can feel on Earth.

For decades, the U.S. has led the race to clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy. Now China is catching up, spending twice as ...

For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, ...

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That is enough in principle, if enriched further, for six nuclear bombs, according to an IAEA yardstick. There is enough for more weapons at lower enrichment levels. Where before its latest ...

The increase in Iran’s holdings of uranium enriched to 60%, or nearly weapons grade, gives it enough to produce six nuclear weapons.

According to the IAEA, approximately 42 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium is theoretically enough to produce one atomic bomb, if enriched further to 90%. The IAEA also estimated in its quarterly ...