Nuclear bombs do not rely on size, they rely on physics. Here is how chain reactions and hydrogen bombs unleash power on a ...

The United States is preparing to mine a rare nuclear resource from some of its most dangerous Cold War legacies, turning ...

SEATTLE — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic ...

A covert CIA operation in 1965 left a plutonium-powered surveillance device lost on India's Nanda Devi, sparking ongoing concerns about radiation and environmental risks.

How to build a nuke and what you can do about it. June 28, 2010— -- Nuclear weapons have been making a lot of noise lately. Whether it's a new START agreement, a United Nations summit or a ...

My father, Donald Schover, was an electronics research assistant at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory (or Met Lab)—the same lab where Enrico Fermi and his team achieved the first ...

An atomic bomb test at Bikini Lagoon. Marshall Islands, July 1946. Today is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and the first use of an atomic bomb in war, in this case by the United ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Exactly 80 years since an atomic bomb was used in war for the first time, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor ...

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When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...