We have measured the mass-yield distribution from the fission of Pu240 induced by fast neutrons from a plutonium metal critical assembly. Measurements were made for 44 fission products from Zn72 to ...

What you need to know: The i240 is a true cavity-back iron that will appeal to better players. A lower center-of-gravity position delivers a higher ball flight for more shot-stopping ability. The ...

One of President Donald Trump’s May 23 executive orders instructs the secretary of energy to replace the surplus plutonium dilute and dispose program with one to process excess plutonium for fuel for ...

Plutonium enters the body by breathing in contaminated air or swallowing contaminated food or water. Once inside, plutonium particles tend to quickly settle in the lungs, bones, and liver. Plutonium ...

“Uranium 235 and plutonium can be denatured; such denatured materials do not readily lend themselves to the making of atomic explosives, but. . . can be used for the peaceful applications of atomic ...

Between 2022 and 2024, there was significant precipitation of sand – or rather, dust – from the Sahara in Europe. This phenomenon is known for the surreal haze between orange and yellow. Regardless of ...

Last week U.S. District Judge Mary Lewis Geiger, South Carolina, faulted the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Agency for ignoring the National Environmental Protection Act and ...

Nov. 24—LOS ALAMOS — It's been decades since the U.S. Department of Energy wrapped up a cleanup of a Los Alamos canyon and declared it safe for public recreation. Starting in the 1940s, Acid Canyon ...

A wildfire that started at the Hanford site late Wednesday morning was 90% contained 24 hours later, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It had burned an estimated 570 acres. The fire was in ...