Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely underground, and there are conflicting reports of how much damage has been done ...

"We’re breaking barriers." Researchers announce 'breathtaking' development with next-gen nuclear reactor: 'It's a significant ...

This is the same reaction that powers the Sun. Modern nuclear bombs often combine both processes, with a primary (chemical and fission explosion) and a secondary (fusion blast) stage, resulting in ...

When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from ...

Physicists have solved a long-standing puzzle about mercury’s nuclear fission by using a five-dimensional model that ...

Iran has enriched large quantities of uranium to 60%. It’s easier to go from an enrichment of 60% to 90% cent than to get to that initial 60%. That’s because there’s less and less uranium-238 to ...

The main risk inside the storage facility is the chemical toxicity of uranium hexafluoride gas and fluoride compounds ...

A five-dimensional model has successfully predicted the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, offering new insights into ...

That's because of the two main uranium isotopes, only uranium-235 can support a fission chain reaction : one neutron causes an atom to fission, which produces energy and some more neutrons ...

For nuclear power reactors or weapons, we need to change the isotope proportions. That’s because of the two main uranium isotopes, onlyuranium-235 can support a fission chain reaction: one ...