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Plutonium is a heavy, radioactive, man-made, metallic element used in the production of nuclear energy.

But India still needs large quantities of uranium, the fuel that powers the reactors, to harness nuclear energy, and its ability to access them rests on the civilian nuclear deal with the US that’s shrouded in uncertainty. …

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“We must not create installations that are totally cut off from society,” Claude Pescatore, a specialist on waste management at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Nuclear Energy Agency. …

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I decided to post hereby my answer to a comment on the last nuclear energy post (please see below), because people usually do not read the comment section and because I think this small discussion with a reader called Ken gives a good …

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In 2002, 360 Gwe (Giga Watt Electrical) produced from nuclear energy in this world. It is 16 % of total production. Spent uranium must be guarded for about 15000 years. Plutonium for 75000 - 100000 years. Every year the world’s 442 …

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Rare Bush success leaves sour taste North Korea’s symbolic destruction of a tower at its Yongbyon plutonium plant was a rare hint of success for the stained foreign policy scorecard of US President George W Bush. …

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Support is also offered for research and development in nuclear energy“as international confidence is gradually restored” and help in managing its spent fuel and radioactive waste. This actually means that Iran can continue with …

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If Iran is telling the truth and desires solely nuclear energy—which would be peculiar, to say the least, considering that under its sands rest the world’s second largest natural-gas reserves and the world’s fifth largest crude-oil …

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Most of the growth world-wide is expected to be in countries — such as those in the Middle East and Africa — where a nuclear-energy program could give cover to surreptitious weapons development and create the local expertise in handling …

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The Yongbyon complex, built around a Soviet-era nuclear reactor, is the North’s only known source of plutonium. North Korea had started disabling the reactor and other parts of the complex last year under an agreement with the United …

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Israeli officials are claiming that the purpose of Syria.s alleged nuclear reactor was to supply its ally Iran with plutonium for a nuclear weapon. An adviser to Israel.s national security council told the Guardian this week: . …

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