The "nuclear" part is the chunk of uranium or plutonium that undergoes a nuclear chain reaction when the bomb is detonated. It's this chain reaction that makes nuclear weapons so devastatingly ...

Uranium is a crucial mineral for energy and national security—it fuels the nuclear energy that underpins today ... and that it was also “possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of ...

After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage of the world’s worst nuclear accident. The breach at the Chernobyl ...

State troopers are investigating a series of collisions in Hunterdon County where a van slammed into a parked police car that was diverting traffic from an earlier crash site. The first accident ...

US intelligence agencies recently warned both the Biden and Trump administrations that Israel will likely attempt to strike facilities key to Iran’s nuclear program this year, according to ...

As the world marks the International Day of Clean Energy in 2025, global momentum behind nuclear energy continues to build, with the clean power source set to generate record levels of electricity in ...

Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation control and first-strike stability. Drones and other autonomous vehicle ...

America loves that chicken from Popeyes, the nation's number-two fast food chicken chain (second only to Chick-fil-A, per CNBC), but the Louisiana-born chicken empire is making some major changes ...

South Carolina power provider Santee Cooper is looking for buyers to complete construction on a pair of nuclear reactors, which have sat unfinished since the utility abandoned the project in 2017. The ...

President Trump while addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday said that he wants to hold talks with Russia and China about reducing nuclear weapon stockpiles. Trump during his ...

Perhaps even more vulnerable are the startups and power producers that are betting big on new nuclear and natural gas capacity. Nuclear power, in particular, has been on the cusp of a ...

KYIV, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, where Ukraine accused Russia of striking a radiation containment structure on Friday, is a defunct facility in Ukraine which was the ...