David Funk is overseeing the construction of several new experiments underground. Plutonium makes up the core of America's nuclear weapons. Much of it was made decades ago, and it's getting old.

Aside from acquiring the necessary fissile materials, making a nuclear warhead involves several crucial steps. These include converting uranium hexafluoride gas (UF6) to metallic form and then casting ...

Kim Jong-un inspected major core process of producing weapons-grade nuclear materials and was briefed on current state of nuclear material production, reports state media - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Shipping nuclear propulsion start-up CORE POWER, which in November of last year announced a deal with Westinghouse for design and development of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs), has hired an ...

A secret Iranian programme is fast-tracking Tehran’s plans to build a nuclear bomb after receiving missile designs from North Korea, it has been reported. The Iranian regime has tasked a team of ...

Diagram of nuclear warhead, with plutonium pit ... on expanded plutonium“pit” bomb core production within 2.5 years. . Hold two successive rounds of public hearings, first on the scope ...