On March 4 this year, India stepped on the threshold of the second stage of its nuclear power programme when engineers started the core-loading process of the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at ...

While international diplomacy remains hyper-focused on Iran’s uranium enrichment, a massive stockpile of plutonium sits ...

Plutonium has occurred naturally, but except for trace quantities it is not now found in the earth's crust. It was first isolated in 1941. A typical large nuclear power reactor creates about 230 ...

Explosive event: The upper side of the unit 3 reactor building at Fukushima Daiichi was damaged by a hydrogen explosion. This area housed the spent fuel pool and the fuel handling machines. (Courtesy: ...

Plutonium is a synthetic actinide element (atomic number 94) that plays a central role in nuclear science and technology topics, particularly due to its fissile and fertile isotopes. The isotope ...

A handout photo showing efforts to spray water on the No. 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was struck by an earthquake and tsunami. Plutonium discovered in the soil ...

Following is a factfile on plutonium, which Japan says has been found at very low levels at five locations at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant: Plutonium is a highly radioactive silvery metal that ...