The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011 released substantial amounts of radiocesium (137Cs, 134Cs) and smaller amounts of...

Siegfried Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, expresses concern that, 80 years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that the world is on the wrong path—instead of c...

The selective partitioning of americium (Am) and curium (Cm) is integral for nuclear science areas such as the nuclear fuel cycle, stockpile stewardship, and isotope production but remains a long-stan...

A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a live test could come soon.

After a breakdown in US-Russia relations, Riken finds itself ahead of its rivals. And Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory chases element 120

At least 30 generations have roamed the abandoned region since 1986.

No shockwave. No mushroom cloud. But a space nuke would change life on Earth forever.

The Colorado independent bookstore chain Tattered Cover owes millions to creditors, plans to stay open during bankruptcy proceedings, according to court documents.

The wastewater release from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is expected to have negligible effects on people and the ocean

As retirements surge, shortages threaten to slow advances in cancer therapy, diagnostics, and improved understanding of the physiological impacts of radiation.

Sig Hecker held the same job as Oppenheimer 40 years later—director of Los Alamos Laboratory. Speaking with Institute students, he reflected on the film and its relevance today.

Scanned reports from the National Research Council's Subcommittee on Radiochemistry (1959 onwards)