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The true story of the demon core - nuclear engineer reacts to Dr. Ben Miles

In The True Story of the Demon Core, Dr. Ben Miles dives into the chilling and tragic events surrounding the infamous plutonium core used during the Manhattan Project. The Demon Core, responsible for ...
GCN

U.S. to provide plutonium access for companies developing next-generation nuclear reactors

Here’s something wild happening in Washington right now. The government is opening its driest vault—not for war, mind you, but for electricity. I’m referring, naturally, to Cold War-era weapons-grade ...
Reuters

US to announce recipients of plutonium for reactors by year-end

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 ...
Nuclear Engineering International

Oklo runs plutonium reactor tests

Oklo and LANL have conducted first plutonium fast reactor tests at NCERC, validating surplus fuel for advanced reactors like ...