Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely ...

More common than gold, uranium is abundant on Earth. But less than one percent of the naturally occurring element is useful ...

When Israeli aircraft recently struck a uranium-enrichment complex in the nation, Iran could have been days away from ...

(All elements have isotopes, but only a few are stable.) Uranium-235—so named because it has 235 total protons and neutrons—is the only uranium isotope suitable for making a bomb [1] (see Table 1).

When an atom breaks apart, it gives out energy and more neutrons, which can then split other atoms. Get enough atoms splitting and you have the chain reaction needed for a bomb blast ...

When we dig uranium out of the ground, 99.27 per cent of it is uranium-238, which has 92 protons and 146 neutrons. Only 0.72 per cent of it is uranium-235 with 92 protons and 143 neutrons (the ...

Satellite images reveal damage, but experts suggest that new technology may be able to verify what actually happened ...

Iran has enriched large quantities of uranium to 60%. It’s easier to go from an enrichment of 60% to 90% cent than to get to ...

Langevin approach developed by an international team of researchers, including members from Science Tokyo, accurately ...

Only 0.72% of it is uranium-235 with 92 protons and 143 neutrons (the remaining 0.01% are other isotopes). For nuclear power reactors or weapons, we need to change the isotope proportions.

Only 0.72% of it is uranium-235 with 92 protons and 143 neutrons (the remaining 0.01% are other isotopes). For nuclear power reactors or weapons, we need to change the isotope proportions.