Much of the U.S. Navy runs on nuclear power, including aircraft carriers and submarines, but the USS America is neither. Here's what gets its motor running.

The United States Military is the most powerful fighting force the world has ever known. It has the ability to project power to anywhere in the world; there is no competitor. The United States Navy ...

Veterans of the U.S. Navy's nuclear propulsion program are bringing their expertise to the Department of Energy's High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, applying the same ...

Key Points and Summary: The USS United States (CVA-58) was a radical, flush-deck supercarrier designed in the late 1940s to launch heavy nuclear bombers, challenging the Air Force's strategic monopoly ...

THIS PAST WEEK, THE U.S. SENATE APPROVED A MORE THAN $900 BILLION DEFENSE BUDGET. PART OF THAT SPENDING PLAN. MAINTAINING THE COUNTRY’S NUCLEAR ARSENAL. THAT FALLS TO U.S. STRATCOM, HEADQUARTERED AT ...

HFIR reactor operators working from a motorized bridge use hand tools that are 30 feet long to work on the reactor core submerged in a pool 17 feet deep. Veterans of the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion ...