Scientific knowledge about the damaging effects of nuclear-weapons testing helped to end such tests. Those findings haven’t changed.
At a event in Washington D.C., A U.S. official said a remote earthquake in 2020 was caused by a Chinese nuclear test.
A study found that these cosmic bodies appear to hold up remarkably well to sudden energy deposition and shock conditions, so we may be able to knock them off course and avoid disaster.
In 1958, as Cold War tensions shaped decisions in Washington and Moscow, a study quietly examined whether a nuclear device could be exploded on the Mo.
The United States flew a reactor in space in the 1960s and has studied nuclear thermal propulsion for decades. Fuel is not the primary limitation either; the enriched uranium supply chain is ...
To highlight the significance of the event U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright was on hand to accompany the reactor to its destination.
A top arms diplomat at the State Department recently laid out what might come next as Washington upends decades of federal policies on nuclear proliferation.
The allegations were leveled by U.S. officials late last week. Arms control experts worry that norms against nuclear testing are unraveling.
The investigative minds at How to Survive examine blast physics, radiation effects, and survival variables in a nuclear explosion. Annual governors' gathering with White House unraveling after Trump ...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sounded the alarm over recent Russian strikes on Ukraine's electric grid, saying they have put nuclear safety at serious risk. The nuclear watchdog said ...
WSJ’s Shelby Holliday explains the massive U.S. military presence in the Middle East as President Trump amps up pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. Illustration: Ryan Trefes MUSCAT, Oman—Tehran ...
BWX Technology is a key candidate to develop a nuclear reactor for NASA's planned moon base by 2030. BWXT's new office will focus on digital modernization, including AI and automation for its ...