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 ...

In the coming days or hours he will determine whether to join the effort and help Israel destroy the Fordow reactor, located 90 meters below ground, the stronghold completing the production of nuclear ...

There are three natural isotopes of uranium — uranium-234 (U-234), uranium-235 (U-235) and uranium-238 (U-238). U-238 is the most common one, accounting for around 99 per cent of natural uranium found ...

Uranium is a story of duality. It is a mineral pulled from ancient rocks that can light up a city or wipe one off the map. It’s not just a relic of the Cold War or science fiction. It’s real, it’s ...

Israel has been targeting Iran's nuclear infrastructure, with a key focus on its underground uranium enrichment plants. Its Natanz facility, in the centre of the country, has sustained severe damage, ...

Although natural decay of U-235 means that this is unlikely to happen again, we humans have learned to take uranium ore and start a controlled fission process in reactors, beginning in the 1940s.

Far more dangerous than U-235 are the elemental products given off when nuclear fuel goes through fission—especially iodine, ...

It is possible to recycle the U-233 decay into new fuel, ... U-233 isn’t nearly as explosive as other isotopes (the isotope most commonly used in uranium explosives is U-235).