When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from ...

There are three natural isotopes of uranium — uranium-234 (U-234), uranium-235 (U-235) and uranium-238 (U-238). U-238 is the most common one, accounting for around 99 per cent of natural uranium found ...

Daniel Ford writes about Thomas Wellock’s recent volume on the history of civil-nuclear-energy regulation in the U.S., which reveals that federal regulators consistently assured Americans that ...

There are other uses of uranium apart from nuclear weapons as discussed in this article. Uranium is a silver-grey metal that is radioactive. The most common types are uranium 235 and uranium 238. The ...

Damien Jemison/AP. 1. There’s more than one way to do it. Scientists are trying to replicate the scientific reactions that happen inside the sun to create nuclear fusion power on Earth.

An electrical kick is all it takes to isolate one hazardous element from the rest of a nuclear power plant’s toxic waste. New research published in the Nov. 6 Science demonstrates how to ...

Nuclear fusion does not rely on fossil fuels like oil or gas, and produces none of the greenhouse gases which drive global warming. Unlike solar or wind energy it is not dependent on beneficial ...

To date, the U.S. Navy has had a flawless record of operation. Touted by the likes of late Sen. John McCain, nuclear power has demonstrated its worth through 134 million cumulative miles traveled ...

Heavy elements like gold and silver are believed to be created when neutron stars collide, ... It's actually the basis of energy-generating nuclear power plants here on Earth — however, ...

Thorium has long held promise for “safer” nuclear power . A slightly radioactive element, it transforms into fissionable U-233 when hit by high-energy neutrons. But after use, U-233 creates ...

Bringing nuclear fusion power down to Earth Humanity can't bring the cores of stars down to Earth, so the next best thing is replicating the dense gas of plasma found at the heart of the sun.

Most nuclear power plants have these dry casks as well as the spent fuel pools. The problem is the dry casks and the pools will not last forever. Maybe they'll last 100 years, maybe, maybe not.