Radioactive materials are elements that spontaneously break apart, or “decay,” into lighter elements over time. Radiation is ...

The White Mesa Mill, which hadn’t processed much uranium over the last 20 years, now plans to be open for the foreseeable ...

Nearly a decade ago, radio chemists at the nuclear power startup TerraPower saw a promising opportunity in radioactive waste ...

Two specialized analytical techniques simultaneously detect fluorine and isotopes of uranium. Credit: Benjamin Manard and Jacquelyn DeMink/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Simultaneously, helium gas ...

ORNL’s tandem technologies detect fluorine and isotopes of uranium at the same time to discern the fingerprint of a nuclear material made for fuel or weaponry. Combining two techniques ...

A compelling book uncovers little-known aspects of the iconic chemist’s life, and the pioneering — if troubled — careers of the women who worked with her.

A single kilogram of uranium-235 (the most popular fissile isotope of uranium) can theoretically produce the same amount of power as 1.5 million kilograms of coal. Nuclear fission also doesn’t ...

On the evening of Sept. 25, a somber gathering took place outside the United States Capitol where former uranium miners, ...

TPI’s collaboration with Isotek reduces the cost associated with the ultimate disposal of uranium-233, while enabling a secure supply chain for the actinium-225 isotope. To connect with ...

Combining two techniques, analytical chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have become the first to detect fluorine and different isotopes of uranium in a single ...

The investment firm highlighted ASP Isotopes' potential to influence the global uranium supply chain and its innovative laser excitation enrichment technology. ASP Isotopes, operating within South ...

Ed Miliband has been urged to preserve a 140-tonne stockpile of radioactive plutonium instead of burying it as dangerous waste ...