The K-278 has been emitting radioactive material since it sank in 1989, although torpedoes with atomic warheads resist ...
Spacecraft have used a plutonium isotope to stay afloat for decades, but another isotope could last even longer.
In April 1989 the Soviet Navy’s nuclear submarine Komsomolets caught fire while cruising 335 m beneath the surface of the ...
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Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Leaking Radioactive Material in The Ocean
A plume of radioactive material seeping from Komsomolets. (Gwynn et al., PNAS, 2026) A sunken Cold War-era nuclear submarine ...
The Trump administration plans to supply the nuclear power industry with plutonium from decommissioned warheads dating back to the Cold War. The plan could provide 20 metric tons of plutonium fuel to ...
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Russia’s recycled uranium-plutonium fuel hits milestone for nuclear reactors
The final three Lead-test assemblies (LTA) of innovative REMIX fuel have been successfully removed ...
The National Nuclear Security Administration will submit a cradle to grave plan for hazardous waste generated by plutonium ...
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 ...
A Rhode Island start-up is working to recycle spent nuclear fuel into long-lasting power systems for the military ...
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