UK's Sellafield nuke waste processing plant fined £333K for infosec blunders
The outfit that runs Britain's Sellafield nuclear waste processing and decommissioning site has been fined £332,500 ($440,000 ...
The Times and Democrat15 天
US nuclear weapon production sites violated environmental rules, federal judge decides
SANTA FE, N.M. — The National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at sites in South Carolina and New Mexico in violation of ...
OPB15 天
Hanford Challenge is a watchdog nonprofit focused on transparency and cleanup process at ...
It is the first place on earth where plutonium was produced on an industrial scale. That production also led to more than 400 billion gallons of contaminated liquid over decades of operation.
Yahoo15 天
First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Warhead Produced In The U.S. In 35 Years Is Now “Weapon ...
The component, called a “plutonium pit,” is the radioactive component that acts as a first stage ‘trigger’ apparatus used to initiate the detonation of the thermonuclear device.
Yahoo News15 天
First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Warhead Produced In The U.S. In 35 Years Is Now “Weapon ...
The component, called a “plutonium pit,” is the radioactive component that acts as a first stage ‘trigger’ apparatus used to initiate the detonation of the thermonuclear device. Plans call for the W87 ...
Defense Daily Network15 天
ULA’s Second Vulcan Mission a Success, Despite Booster Anomaly
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the second Vulcan rocket on Friday morning. While ULA reported the launch was successful, it also reported an “observation ...
The Register Citizen15 天
US nuclear weapon production sites violated environmental rules, federal judge decides
The National Nuclear Security Administration failed to properly evaluate its expansion of plutonium pit production at sites ...
NASA switches off Voyager 2 plasma instrument to stretch out juice
The switch-off command, which was transmitted to the probe at the end of September, now means that only four instruments ...
The Times of Israel16 天
Iran’s nuclear facilities: Potential targets long in Israel’s sights
Heavy-water reactors pose a nuclear proliferation risk because they can easily produce plutonium which, like enriched uranium, can be used to make the core of an atom bomb. Under the 2015 deal ...
The Hacker News17 天
Andariel Hacking Group Shifts Focus to Financial Attacks on U.S. Organizations
Andariel is a threat actor that's assessed to be a sub-cluster within the infamous Lazarus Group. It's also tracked as APT45, DarkSeoul, Nickel Hyatt, Onyx Sleet (formerly Plutonium), Operation Troy, ...
Royal United Services Institute18 天
Fissile Material and Nuclear Force Structure in North Korea
It integrates VERTIC’s estimates of North Korea’s production of weapons-usable fissile material – specifically weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) – into a comprehensive ...
The Columbian19 天
‘Devastating wildlife disease’ strikes Eastern WA. Benton mass mortality event declared
which were once used to produce plutonium for the Nation’s nuclear weapons program at the Hanford site. In 2006, a colony of bats was found roosting in the F Reactor clearwell, an underground ...