(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 ...

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

How can you tell if enriched uranium stocks, some of them near weapons grade, were buried beneath the rubble or were secretly ...

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.

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

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

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

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

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 company's American Centrifuge Operating, LLC subsidiary has met the 900 kg production target for the second phase of its ...

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and ...

U.S. lawmakers consider giving Israel B-2 bombers and bunker buster bombs as Iran could restart uranium enrichment within ...