During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

The question of whether Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has authorised the development of nuclear weapons has taken on urgency following the devastating 12-day conflict with Israel in June. Israeli ...

America's 450 nuclear missile silos exist, at least in part, to be destroyed in a nuclear attack. USA TODAY breaks down the ...

This op-ed's authors argue that the president's nuclear testing comments were correct, considering America's aging arsenal ...

A small Cambridgeshire village half way between Huntingdon and Thrapston played a vital role during the Cold War. The village ...

From what we know about nuclear bombs they are the most destructive weapon on the face of the earth. So surviving a blast from a nuke would be extremely unlikely, but surviving TWO would be darn near ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the ...

While the energy crisis has a well-known public policy dimension, it also threatens the capabilities of the US military.

Routine reactor emissions pose no meaningful health risk to the US workers and population, a health physicist and a nuclear ...

The debut followed the North’s first test of a new surface-to-air missile and the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered attack sub for a port call in South Korea. By Choe Sang-Hun Reporting from Seoul The ...

U.S. researchers confirmed helium-3 beneath the ground in Minnesota, where Pulsar Helium found rare concentrations with ...