The Trump administration is moving forward with talks with companies to turn Cold War-era plutonium into a fuel for new ...

The Energy Department may allow up to five companies to use its surplus plutonium — which it has historically been used in nuclear warheads — as fuel. The department has selected the firms for ...

For years, the federal government has been working on turning old, unexploded warheads left over from the Cold War into a ...

For decades, the U.S. has had a plutonium problem. Around 100 tons of the stuff was made during the Cold War to go into powerful atomic bombs. But as nuclear stockpiles were dismantled, the government ...

Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism from nonproliferation experts. By Brad Plumer ...

Weapons-grade plutonium can fuel nuclear reactors known as mixed oxide reactors, but none of these exist in the U.S. The Trump administration’s plan to offer plutonium from dismantled Cold War–era ...

Cold War-era nuclear technology is making a major comeback in the US. The Trump administration has selected several nuclear start-ups that could be granted the right to tap into stocks of ...

The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to provide Cold War-era plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads to companies that want to convert the dangerous material into fuel for nuclear ...

Nuclear technology company Oklo has been selected by the US Department of Energy for advanced negotiations under the Surplus Plutonium Utilization Program, which aims to turn designated surplus ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) ("Oklo," or "the Company"), an advanced nuclear technology company, today announced that Oklo has been selected by the U.S. Department of ...

Retaining its title year after year as the only rock festival worth mentioning, Download Festival continues to hit all the right notes for true fans of rock music. Three days of heavy rock over five ...