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US Navy says it met Idaho deadline on spent nuclear fuel

The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program said it has completed putting into dry storage all the spent fuel that was in water pool storage before Jan. 1, 2017.

20 months ago

New use for a shuttered base?

Adak Island is the nation’s westernmost community, located 1,200 miles from Anchorage in the Aleutian Chain.

3 years ago

Wildlife now roam where US once forged its deadliest weapons

From a tiny Pacific island to a leafy Indiana forest, a handful of sites where the United States manufactured and tested some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind are now peaceful havens for wildlife.

3 years ago

This is how the Navy plans to break the Big E

The Navy releases four proposals for dealing with the rusting flattop.

By Mark D. Faram

4 years ago

Do you know how a Navy test range became the world’s premier nuclear lab?

It's also home to the only fatal nuclear accident in American history.

4 years ago

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