Iran's stockpile of uranium enriched at 60 percent would be enough to make several relatively unsophisticated nuclear weapons ...

Discovery of 257Sg and its K-isomer reveals new insights into superheavy element fission and quantum stability mechanisms.

Advanced centrifuges such as the IR-9 drive up the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation significantly. Fortunately, the ...

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

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 ...

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

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

On June 9, four days before Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic ...

Bombing Iran’s nuclear infrastructure may not spark a nuclear detonation—but that doesn’t make it safe. In recent weeks, Israel has ...