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

New Delhi: Iran built Fordow, its uranium enrichment plant, deep inside a mountain to withstand strikes. Nearly half-a kilometre under the ground and guarded by anti-aircraft batteries, it was ...

America has something Israel does not: a so-called bunker-busting bomb potentially powerful enough to destroy Iran’s most fortified uranium enrichment facility, the Fordow plant.

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In November 2020, it was believed there were 1,057 centrifuges at Fordow. These are used to separate isotopes and increase the concentration of uranium-235, needed for nuclear fuel and weapons.

It produces most of Iran’s uranium enriched to 60%—a level dangerously close to weapons-grade. According to the US Institute for Science and International Security, “Iran can convert its current stock ...

Uranium-238 vs Uranium-235 When we dig uranium out of the ground, 99.27 per cent of it is uranium-238, which has 92 protons and 146 neutrons. Only 0.72 per cent of it is uranium-235 with 92 protons ...

The difference between uranium-238 and uranium-235 When we dig uranium out of the ground, 99.27% of it is uranium-238, which has 92 protons and 146 neutrons. Only 0.72% of it is uranium-235 with 92 ...

For civilian nuclear power, Dr Cook says uranium-235 is usually enriched to about 3 to 5 per cent. But once uranium is enriched to 90 per cent, it is deemed weapons-grade.

Only 0.72 per cent of it is uranium-235 with 92 protons and 143 neutrons (the remaining are the other isotopes). For nuclear power reactors or weapons, we need to change the isotope proportions.

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Natural uranium contains only 0.7% uranium-235, the isotope needed for nuclear energy or weapons. Through centrifuges, that percentage is boosted—first to 3–5% for energy, and, if pushed, up to 90% ...