Democrats Spooked by Trump’s Plan to Hand Over Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Private Firms

Such a move would risk putting weapons in the wrong hands and harming the nation’s defense, Democratic Senator Ed Markey ...

Democrats alarmed as Trump eyes weapons material to fuel nuclear reactors

The scramble to build new reactors to supply power to AI data centers may include plutonium from the nation’s nuclear ...
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Cold War Plutonium Could Power Future U.S. Reactors

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 ...

Covalent bonds found in alpha plutonium clarify its unusual atomic structure

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an ...
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US lawmakers urge Trump to axe plans to make plutonium available to nuclear industry

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump to cancel a plan to make surplus plutonium from Cold War-era atomic bombs available as a fuel for nuclear ...
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US lawmakers urge Trump to axe plutonium fuel plan over proliferation fears

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump to cancel a plan to make surplus plutonium from Cold War-era atomic bombs available as a fuel for ...