CARSON CITY — Nevada is appealing a federal judge’s ruling to allow the future transfer of nuclear material from South Carolina to a federal site north of Las Vegas. The state filed a request for a ...

The state of Nevada is trying to stop the federal government from shipping weapons grade plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site, which is located about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Gov.

PLUTONIUM is a radioactive, silvery metallic element, produced synthetically by bombarding uranium with neutrons. Plutonium has often been called the most toxic element known to man, but is it an ...

During the Cold War America conducted secret medical experiments using Plutonium, under the auspices of the nuclear weapons program. First they tested on sheep and cattle then on 18 unsuspecting human ...