U.S. intelligence agencies had long assessed that, faced with the possibility of an attack on its nuclear facilities, Iran ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly ...

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency said that there was “no escaping significant physical damage” ...

Not that anyone asked, but uranium enrichment is certainly a newsworthy topic where a little science might be helpful. Here's ...

A typical uranium-based weapon requires 55 pounds (25 kilograms) of 90%-enriched uranium. To get to weapons-grade level, a single centrifuge would produce only 0.14 ounces (4 grams) per year.

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

Destroying centrifuges is more disruptive than damaging anything else,” James Walker, CEO of Nano Nuclear Energy, said to the ...

The centrifuges as Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment plant are “no longer operational,” Rafael Grossi, the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, said.

The gas centrifuge method is the most common and efficient way to enrich uranium today. This process uses many rapidly spinning cylinders called centrifuges to separate the heavier U-238 from the ...

President Trump has been adamant that Iran’s facilities at Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz were “obliterated” by Saturday’s ...

Iran's enriched uranium is central to Israeli and U.S. justifications for their attacks. According to the IAEA, Iran has ...

Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told CBS that Iran had a "a very vast ...