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

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 ...

And because uranium-238 is heavier than the required uranium-235, the two separate out as they spin. This is repeated again and again to boost the enrichment.

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

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 ...

How did Iran build a bomb, what are enriched uranium and plutonium, what role do centrifuges play, and how would the destruction of a reactor buried 90 meters underground be carried out?

These radioactive elements are radon (Radon 222), thoron (Radon 220) and by products formed by the decay of radium (Radium 226) and thorium present in many sorts of rocks, other building materials and ...

There has been a sharp increase in electrical power demand, driven by data centers, AI, and cryptocurrency. The current US administration, and the billionaires it represents, are pushing to expand ...

Uranium enrichment concentrates one specific type of the atom to create a substance that can generate massive amounts of ...

To “enrich” uranium means taking the naturally found element and increasing the proportion of uranium-235 while removing uranium-238.