Why the Trump administration is obsessed with whole milk With the penny going away, what should you do with the ones in your coin jar? Homeowners don’t want to move. It’s a big deal for their ...

The skin of two workers in Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium facility were contaminated in late November, according to a Dec. 5 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board report. On Nov. 21, a ...

A can of plutonium residue has been processed into a stable waste form for the very first time, the NDA said A portion of "problematic plutonium" has safely been processed into a stable waste form in ...

Building 104, a former naval reserve center, still houses many artists, despite no running water, heat, and proximity to toxic waste. Pictured on April 26, 2025. Photo by Marina Newman. At a Board of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Navy waited 11 months to alert locals that airborne plutonium at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard had exceeded ...

Local health officials are asking the U.S. Navy why they were not warned about elevated radiation levels detected in the city last year. San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip said plutonium ...

The site will process aging plutonium pits to create new ones, generating hazardous and radioactive waste in the process. Some members of the public and a former citizens' advisory board chair ...

"If there were adults in the room and I could trust the federal government to impose the right standards, it wouldn't be such a great concern, but it just doesn't seem feasible." In one of his wildest ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy expects to begin announcing by December 31 which companies will take about 19.7 metric tons of surplus Cold War-era plutonium for eventual ...

The Department of Energy is accelerating construction of the new facility, aiming to produce 50 plutonium pits annually by 2030. While production ramps up, concerns remain about existing radioactive ...