Production of neptunium-237 (237Np) target materials for plutonium-238 (238Pu) radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) for deep space exploration requires advanced chemistry and engineering ...

A new batch of MOX fuel from France has arrived at Kansai Electric’s Takahama nuclear plant, Japan’s seventh overseas MOX ...

MOX fuel is produced by mixing uranium with plutonium extracted from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel to enable its reuse.

Kansai Electric Power Co. said Monday that it has received 32 assemblies of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel produced in France. A cargo ship carrying MOX fuel arrived at a port at the comp ...

A cargo ship carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel produced in France arrived at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in the central Japan prefecture of Fukui, ...

The San Francisco Health Department is sounding the alarm over high levels of radioactive plutonium-239 (Pu-239) detected in the air in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Plutonium 239 is a radioactive ...

Members of the Democratic Party are expressing doubt for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) alleged plan to give at least 20 metric tons of weapons-usable plutonium to the private sector for commercial ...

The Trump Administration is proposing to make 20 metric tons of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads available to U.S. power firms for use in advanced nuclear reactors. This plan follows an ...

The Pu-238 was used in three radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) to power the mission, which provided the first close-up images of the ice dwarf planet. The generators take heat from ...

Paris-headquartered Newcleo has received a favourable opinion from the council of the Aube Department region of eastern France to sell a plot of land in the Nogentais area, which could host the fast ...