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 ...

Research conducted by the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences has detected radioactive plutonium on glaciers, report WP. This discovery could have significant ...

They confiscated plutonium and depleted uranium in decorative vials and polymer cubes that Lidden kept by his bedside after buying from a US science collectables website to complete a real-life ...

Those charges alone will get someone locked up for quite a long time—throw in another conviction for trying to offload thousands of pounds of uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, and it’s ...