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As Texas wildfires burned toward the nations primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas.

Climate change increasingly threatens research laboratories, weapons sites and power plants across the nation that handle or are contaminated with radioactive material or perform critical energy and defense research.

Last year LANL hired 2,500 workers, the most ever, but that growth is expected to slow even as the lab works toward manufacturing 30 plutonium pits a year for warheads.

The aging of plutonium pits is a big question mark. The potential power they yield is one of the most critical factors in triggering a nuclear explosion. But just as American voters are facing a “contest of the ancients” in this electoral year, so are scientists grappling with the vexing matter of plutonium’s lifespan.

A road trip through the communities shouldering the U.S.’s nuclear missile revival

Europe News: Russia's parliament has passed a law to withdraw Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The treaty, aimed at reduc

Russia's parliament has passed the last stage of a law to withdraw Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which now goes to President Vladimir Putin for signing

Did you know that most of the United States' nuclear arsenal has passed through Texas?