After the first Soviet nuclear detonation in 1949, Moscow pushed hard to create a more practical and efficient weapon. The ...

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SEATTLE(AP) — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first ...

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The US DOE is restarting HB-Line operations at Savannah River to recycle surplus plutonium and support MOX fuel production for advanced reactors.

The National Nuclear Security Administration will submit a cradle to grave plan for hazardous waste generated by plutonium pit production early next year. First, it has to inform the public.

Newly released memo urges Los Alamos to accelerate plutonium pit production as critics raise safety and environmental concerns.