Uranium has civilian uses that have nothing to do with weapons. For a bomb, the uranium needs to be a lot more concentrated.

Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow, killing several scientists. These sites are crucial ...

More common than gold, uranium is abundant on Earth. But less than one percent of the naturally occurring element is useful ...

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

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

A new study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology and led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman ...

To understand what it means to “enrich” uranium, you need to know a little about uranium isotopes and about splitting the atom in a nuclear fission reaction. All matter is made of atoms, which in turn ...

For uranium, two main isotopes are important to understand: Uranium-238 (U-238) is the most common form of uranium found in nature, making up about 99.27% of natural uranium.