The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...

The blinding burst of light from a nuclear detonation follows, yet it quickly fades into an unexpectedly small mushroom cloud. The recording comes from the 1956 Yuma test conducted during Operation ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), a child was taken into custody ...

The workings of history often seem inevitable: Bygone decisions appear inescapable, and the viability of alternate pathways easily discounted. Recent history is, however, recent—important moments not ...

The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all. Back in the 1930s, physicists were doing experiments involving what they called "beta ...

It's a nightmare we've been living with all our lives. "I grew up in an era when we had to hide under our desks in the case of an atomic bomb," said director Kathryn Bigelow, "so I suppose I was sort ...

Nuclear projects are getting a boost of investment. WSJ in 2022 looked at how startups say their alternative designs can help solve past issues. Photo illustration: Eve Hartley The U.S. military is ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow expects to announce soon a new weapon that it has been developing and testing for its vast nuclear arsenal, the world's largest, and warned that an arms ...

"A House of Dynamite" looks at what happens if a nuclear weapon were launched at the U.S. The new Kathryn Bigelow movie streams Friday, Oct. 24, on Netflix. What's fact and what's fiction in "A House ...

Colorado has a new law declaring nuclear power a source of clean energy. The Denver airport might explore building a small nuclear reactor to meet the rising demand for electricity. Local business, ...

Energy leaders from around the world convened in Durban last week for the first ever high level G20 meeting on nuclear energy, held amid rising projections for nuclear power expansion. Jointly ...