uranium-235. Uranium-235 is an isotope of uranium, which is a version of an element that has the same basic identity but weighs a little more or less. Think about apples from the same tree. Some are ...

We all know uranium is a pretty heavy metal which is found naturally under the earth's surface. The most common form of the metal is 238. The form of uranium which is used in nuclear bomb is ...

One kilogram of Uranium-235 if led through complete fission is equivalent to the chemical energy that can be extracted by burning 1.5 million kilograms of coal.

Georgia has detained two people for handling and attempting to sell $3 million worth of uranium which could have been used to make a deadly bomb, the national security service said on Thursday.

A nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons, and what the Islamic Republic likely had before Trump's June 21 strike ...

Authorities in Georgia say a potentially catastrophic nuclear trafficking attempt was stopped in Batumi, where a Georgian and ...

When arms control experts talk about uranium enrichment, they're referring to the percentage level of U-235. The goal is to remove unwanted U-238 isotopes from the uranium and increase the ...

The country has domestic sources of uranium. Its largest mine is at Saghand, in east-central Iran. But mined uranium is mostly the wrong type for nuclear weapons: it is over 99% uranium-238 (U-238; ...

Secretive North Korea gave a rare look inside one of its uranium facilities after Kim Jong Un’s visit last year ...

Destroying Iran's stores of enriched uranium would bring danger for people nearby but not trigger another Chernobyl.