Plutonium is not a fun word to speak, hear, or write. Used to depict an actinide metal we've known about for some time, it has become synonymous with human-caused destruction on a hard-to-comprehend ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mr Miliband will ultimately be responsible for deciding what is done with the plutonium - Lauren Hurley/DESNZ Ed Miliband has been ...

Oxidation is the process where atoms lose electrons during a chemical reaction. Among the radioactive elements, neptunium and plutonium are much harder to oxidize than uranium. To study these elements ...

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU), supported by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) and in collaboration with Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology ...

The government says it will dispose of its 140 tonnes of radioactive plutonium - currently stored at a secure facility at Sellafield in Cumbria. The UK has the world's largest stockpile of the ...

A sprinkling of radioactive plutonium atoms hidden in the ocean floor may trace back to a cosmic cataclysm more than 100 million years ago. What's more, that stardust appears to still be raining down ...

KENNEWICK – The two workers who took the brunt of contamination during a release of radioactivity in a 2021 incident within the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power reactor have sued Energy ...

Clinical trials have begun on a promising drug designed to remove radioactive particles from the body. Here’s how it works. A gas mask hangs in Pripyat Elementary School #3, Ukraine. The entire city ...

Vladimir Putin's recent threats of nuclear weapon use are deeply concerning. A nuclear war would have catastrophic consequences, both short and long-term, including radiation-induced cancers. However, ...