El Departamento de Energía cuenta con más de 50 toneladas de plutonio excedente proveniente de programas de armas nucleares, y la agencia había planeado previamente diluir gran parte de ese material y enterrarlo. La propuesta aun no es definitiva y las empresas aún tienen que negociar con el gobierno federal sobre cómo asegurar y transferir el elemento radiactivo.

The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with five companies to provide old plutonium to convert into fuel for future nuclear reactors.

Trump gov't plans to make about 20 tonnes of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads available to US power firms.

For years, the federal government has been working on turning old, unexploded warheads left over from the Cold War into a fuel for next-generation nuclear power plants. Now, a…

The U.S. government is sitting on dozens of tons of weapons-grade plutonium. It's hoping startups can find a use for it.

The U.S. government is sitting on dozens of tons of weapons-grade plutonium. It's hoping startups can find a use for it.

The Trump administration is in “advanced negotiations” to turn Cold War-era weapons liabilities into reactor fuel.

The Trump administration plans to provide weapons-grade plutonium to private companies for conversion into fuel for advanced nuclear reactors, sparking proliferation concerns.

This initiative follows reports last year that the administration of Donald Trump planned to make approximately 20 metric tons of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads…

The Energy Department has selected five companies for advanced negotiations to use weapons-grade plutonium for fuel.

El Departamento de Energía cuenta con más de 50 toneladas de plutonio excedente proveniente de programas de armas nucleares, y la agencia había planeado previamente diluir gran…

Weapons-grade plutonium can fuel nuclear reactors known as mixed oxide reactors, but none of these exist in the U.S.

Les start-ups sélectionnées pour le projet affirment qu'il s'agit d'une solution idéale pour pallier la baisse de l'approvisionnement en uranium russe et se débarrasser de déchets…

The Trump administration has announced that it has selected several nuclear start-ups to participate in a project that would allow them to use plutonium stockpiles inherited from…