Uranium enrichment is a critical process that increases the concentration of Uranium-235, essential for both nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons. Various methods exist for enriching uranium, ...

When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from science fiction. But uranium isn’t just fuel for apocalyptic fears. It’s also a ...

Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran's key nuclear facilities—Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely ...

Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a German chemist. It is a radioactive element found naturally in the environment in very small amounts — scientists call these trace amounts — in ...

Iran and Israel engaged in a major missile warfare as the world braced for Tehran's response to the massive American strikes on its three nuclear facilities. While commercial satellite imagery ...

Did you know that the same technology used to power a city can also be used to build a nuclear bomb? Uranium enrichment is a process that increases the amount of uranium-235 in natural uranium, making ...

The method for transporting the Uranium 235 from Oak Ridge’s Y-12 electromagnetic separation plant to Los Alamos varied. From March 1944 to June 1945, it was by passenger train. An Army officer ...

There is all manner of geopolitical and military fallout likely to come from the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear enrichment sites on June 21. What worries a lot of people more, however, is the literal ...

The ongoing standoff over Iran's uranium enrichment program has emerged as the defining obstacle in stalled nuclear negotiations. At the core of the dispute is Tehran's insistence on continuing ...

Anna Erickson receives funding from Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) related to nuclear nonproliferation technologies. She has previously served on the Board of ...

Urenco USA has received authorisation from US regulators to produce uranium enriched up to 10% and says it will be the first commercial uranium enricher to produce so-called LEU+. (Image: Urenco USA) ...