Maga and his coworker, Staff Sgt. Albert Silvain Jr., (far left) volunteered their time to help the scouts earn the Nuclear Science merit badge at Patrick Space Force Base on Oct. 22, 2022.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – More than six dozen boy scouts spent Saturday in the shadow of a nuclear power plant in order to earn a special merit badge. How times have changed. The scouts now offer a ...

When it came time to earn his place as an Eagle Scout, Arman Kingsland-Mengi of Orange saw the requisite merit badges as a chance to see how much he could accomplish – he surprised himself.

Today, while earning a “nuclear science” merit badge, Namsupak learned about radiation and half-life decay. Fellow scout Joey Herring, also earning a “nuclear science” merit badge ...

During National Nuclear Science Week, the Idaho Section of the American Nuclear Society hosted a nuclear science merit badge expo Thursday night for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Some 120 Scouts ...

Scouts from Central Florida were invited to Patrick Space Force Base on Oct. 22, 2022 to participate in the Nuclear Science merit badge day run by AFTAC on base. The badge is one of the more rare ...

Teja was one of 62 scouts who traveled to the Air Force Technical Applications Center Oct. 22, 2022, to earn the Nuclear Science Merit Badge with help from Airmen who work at the Department of ...