The first—and maybe last—peek inside a plutonium pit facility

Watchdogs get rare inside look at MOX-to-pit facility, raising concerns over costly delays, redesigns, and readiness for ...
The State

Atomic weapons project in SC could cost taxpayers more than $30 billion

When environmentalists arrived at the site of a future nuclear weapons factory in South Carolina, they found a massive building being gutted so that it can one day house production lines for plutonium ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Oklo taps Nvidia and Los Alamos to validate plutonium-based reactor fuel

Nuclear startup Oklo Inc. is running plutonium experiments at a Nevada facility once reserved for weapons work, partnering ...
Tri-City Herald

When telling the history of plutonium, tell the full story — including the atrocities | Opinion

Our entire region should be extremely proud of the B Reactor. A massive edifice, built in a year, under tight security. The B Reactor is an underutilized worldwide tourist attraction. Visitors leave ...
Casper Star-Tribune

Plutonium project raises waste questions

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) - The Department of Energy plans hearings this month to lay out plans to produce plutonium at the Idaho National Laboratory, but officials acknowledge they still can't answer a ...
The Washington Post

U.S.-Russia Plutonium Disposal Project Languishing

With much fanfare, the world's two nuclear superpowers announced in 1998 that they would destroy 68 tons of plutonium stripped from bombs and warheads. The cost, counted in billions, would be borne ...