According to IEEE.org, Scientists at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have been working to turn the depleted uranium waste ...

Chinese auto giant BYD now offers a sodium iron battery sedan cheaper than a lithium ... to fully face them Lithium may be a long way from plutonium, high level radioactive waste, or the airborne ...

The prototype battery has a power density of 20.75 nanowatts ... converting energy from alpha-emitting isotopes like plutonium-238 – which is more potent but still relatively safe when properly ...

According to the newly declassified documents, the ‘reconnaissance operation’ likely targeted Lop Nur test range in Xinjiang, ...

Unlike conventional nuclear energy sources such as uranium or plutonium – which emit harmful ... This means a radiocarbon-powered battery could theoretically provide power for thousands of ...

Ever wonder how a spacecraft millions or even billions of miles from the Sun can keep its lights on? After all, solar panels ...

The battery was charged and discharged 10 times ... Spent fuel is typically 1% of ²³⁵U, 95% ²³⁸Uranium, 0.6% Plutonium with the remaining 3.4% are a mix of dangerous and completely stable elements.

A student Odyssey at Libby Center in Spokane has been named as a finalist in NASA's Power to Explore Challenge.

President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to boycott "would be an affront to the Chinese people." Speaking to reporters ...

The prototype nuclear battery recently unveiled by researchers ... Unlike the gamma rays from elements like uranium or plutonium, beta particles are relatively tame. A thin sheet of aluminum ...

Because iridium is very radiation resistant, it can be used to shield nuclear batteries and was notably used this way to keep the radiation of the plutonium-238 battery in NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 space ...