(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...

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 ...

Seoul's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday that North Korea has likely enriched enough uranium to build a "double-digit" number of nuclear bombs. The briefing included evidence Kim Jong Un's regime ...

In 1980, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) observed that protactinium, a chemical element generated in thorium reactors, could be separated and allowed to decay to isotopically pure ...

Urenco has announced plans to double the scale of its planned expansion at its Almelo uranium enrichment plant in the ...

In the predawn darkness on Friday local time, Israeli military aircraft struck one of Iran’s uranium-enrichment complexes near the city of Natanz. The warheads aimed to do more than shatter concrete; ...

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 ...

The National Nuclear Energy Commission has given authorisation for Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil to seek an international buyer for 5.7 tonnes of U3O8 enriched to 3.2% uranium-235. INB's Resende ...

Kaitlin Cook receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear ...

André O. Hudson receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from ...