As the cloud cleared, Air Force bombers dropped in to gather air samples. Researchers hoped that the radioactive fallout ...

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper.

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In 1962, the United States detonated a nuclear weapon in space during a Cold War experiment called Starfish Prime. The blast ...

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

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President Donald Trump expressed concern that Iran is moving to rebuild its nuclear capabilities and bolster its ballistic missile program after strikes by the U.S. and Israel earlier this year, ...

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