Tag: Plutonium

North Korea’s New Reactor Increases Ability to Produce Plutonium

A light-water reactor could provide more weapons-grade plutonium, abetting the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s vow to expand his nuclear arsenal.

December 22, 2023
A Poisonous Cold War Legacy That Defies a Solution

A $528 billion plan to clean up 54 million gallons of radioactive bomb-making waste may never be achieved. Government negotiators are looking for a compromise.

May 31, 2023
China Is on Track to Become Nuclear Superpower, Ushering in New Age

China is on track to massively expand its nuclear arsenal, just as Russia suspends the last major arms control treaty. It augurs a new world in which Beijing, Moscow and Washington will likely be atomic peers.

April 19, 2023
The Surprising Afterlife of Unwanted Atom Bombs

The Biden administration has called for the retirement of the B83 superweapon, but nuclear experts say its most destructive parts will live on indefinitely in one form or another.

November 17, 2022