The U.S. Department of Energy announced $2.7 billion in contracts this week to strengthen domestic uranium enrichment. That ...

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 ...

Uranium enrichment is a critical process that increases the concentration of Uranium-235, essential for both nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons. Various methods exist for enriching uranium, ...

Uranium was discovered in 1789 by Martin Klaproth, a German chemist. It is a radioactive element found naturally in the environment in very small amounts — scientists call these trace amounts — in ...

Fireplaces are cozy until it’s time to shovel out the ashes. Nuclear power has the same problem: abundant, reliable energy ...

Two companies with ties to Oak Ridge have netted $1.8 billion in federal support meant to spur domestic uranium enrichment.

Making megawatts out of megatons, Dominion Resources Inc.’s four nuclear power stations have helped reduce the world’s nuclear weapon threat by burning up uranium fuel once used in Russian nuclear ...

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