SEATTLE (AP) — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first ...

The Trump administration’s renewed focus on nuclear issues after decades of neglect is welcome. But America is not prepared ...

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.

Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember ...

Arizona veterans are reacting to recent U.S. airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites, with some having direct experience fighting Iranian forces. The strikes follow a January 2024 drone attack in ...

In “Preventing Nuclear War,” an essay published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, in 1981, the Harvard law professor Roger Fisher imagines a President in the White House, discussing nuclear ...

Russian officials say they are waiting for an explanation from President Donald Trump about nuclear testing. He hasn't given one.