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

Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow, killing several scientists. These sites are crucial ...

Uranium has civilian uses that have nothing to do with weapons. For a bomb, the uranium needs to be a lot more concentrated.

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

Not that anyone asked, but uranium enrichment is certainly a newsworthy topic where a little science might be helpful. Here's ...

Iran could convert current stockpile of enriched Uranium into 233 kg of weapons-grade Uranium in just 3 weeks—enough for 9 ...

you need to know a little about uranium isotopes and about splitting the atom in a nuclear fission reaction. All matter is made of atoms, which in turn are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons.

To “enrich” uranium means taking the naturally found element and increasing the proportion of uranium-235 while removing uranium-238. There are a few ways to do this (including new inventions from ...