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Supernova graveyard? 10 million years ago, neutron stars crashed on Earth, reveal traces
The explosion released elements heavier than iron—like gold and platinum—through a process known as rapid neutron capture ...
Artist Michael Brophy explores the haunting legacy of the Hanford nuclear site
Artist Michael Brophy's "Reach: The Hanford Series" is on exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of ...
Update: DOGE to close Hanford, PNNL claims office, 5 other federal leases in Eastern WA
Trump and Elon are rich enough that they’ve never had to rely on any of the services the federal government provides and they ...
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Australian Man Faces Prison for Collecting Radioactive Plutonium
From Science Nerd to Criminal? Man’s Element Collection Sparks Legal Trouble ...
DOGE to close Hanford, PNNL worker office and 5 other federal leases in Eastern WA
Trump and Elon are rich enough that they’ve never had to rely on any of the services the federal government provides and they ...
Scientists Found 10 Million-Year-Old Remnants of a Massive Kilonova in the Bottom of the Ocean
Plutonium discovered at the bottom of the ocean was found to be refuse from a kilonova that exploded close to Earth 10 ...
Report: Workforce, aging infrastructure, limited budget threats to NNSA explosive supply chain
Titanium sub-hydride potassium perchlorate, a highly specialized explosive used to open valves, was once produced exclusively for Sandia National Laboratories at a U.S. Department of Energy site in ...
The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
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Scientists find evidence of 'supernova graveyard' at the bottom of the sea — and possibly on the surface of the moon
After finding the debris of two colliding stars swimming in the ocean, researchers are after more evidence from the lunar soil.
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Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
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Fresh stage of tests for VVER-S and MOX fuel
Russia's A.I. Leypunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering has begun tests to study the neutron-physical characteristics of the VVER-S reactor with MOX fuel. ; ...
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Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...