Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Uranium ore. RHJPhtotos/Shutterstock Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and ...

The ore was recovered in the early 1970s and completely stumped scientists, until they realized it was evidence of something ...

Did you know that the same technology used to power a city can also be used to build a nuclear bomb? Uranium enrichment is a process that increases the amount of uranium-235 in natural uranium, making ...

(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 ...

Plans for new uranium enrichment operations near Paducah received a $900 million boost from the Department of Energy in January.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The method for transporting the Uranium 235 from Oak Ridge’s Y-12 electromagnetic separation plant to Los Alamos varied. From ...

A three-year-old startup enriches uranium using lasers instead of centrifuges. The US is working fast to once again enrich ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) When most people ...