Atomic Energy’s death spiral has spawned a run to green power. But the toxic mineral lithium has become a critical ...

Emmanuel Steven Lidden could be sentenced to 10 years in jail after ordering radioactive substances, including plutonium, in the mail in an attempt to collect all the elements of the periodic table ...

Plutonium, a radioactive element, is produced when uranium, another radioactive element, absorbs neutrons, and most of it is artificially produced, except for a small amount found in uranium ore.

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 ...

Currently, the response time available for human operators is 10 to 15 minutes. By 2030, it will be reduced to between five and seven minutes. Even though human decision-makers will make the final ...

Heavy ligands such as polyoxometalates are opening a new frontier in actinide chemistry. Studying materials that are both ...

Emmanuel Lidden, 24, learned this the hard way, according to his defense attorneys. In August 2023, whilst attempting to ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in January that a Japanese national had pleaded guilty to the attempted trafficking of nuclear materials, including uranium, thorium and plutonium, from ...

Deep-sea samples reveal traces of past cosmic explosions, prompting researchers to seek further proof in lunar soil.

Prosecuting lawyers are pushing for a “science nerd” to receive a custodial sentence for importing plutonium and uranium -- in amounts so small they were safe to eat -- to his parents’ Sydney home via ...

In September, the city council of Westminster, Colorado voted not to fund a pedestrian bridge and underpass at the Rocky Flats site due to concerns about residual soil contamination from plutonium and ...