Uranium is a crucial mineral for energy and national security—it fuels the nuclear energy that ... to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium . . . [that could] . . . lead to the ...

Two conflicting reports on Iran's nuclear weapons program were disclosed this week. Both reports offer important insight into just how Tehran is spee ...

Iran has faced suspicion for decades over its nuclear ambitions and whether it’s developing the capability to fire an atomic ...

It’s getting hotter — and more expensive to stay cool — in the island nation. Will it become the first in Southeast Asia to ...

When atomic bombs struck Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, the blinding light and heat from the explosions left only shadows of ...

A nuclear reactor is essentially a device designed to initiate, control and sustain nuclear chain reactions, primarily for generating electricity. Fuel like uranium splits apart in a process called ...

and sustain nuclear chain reactions, primarily for generating electricity. Fuel like uranium splits apart in a process called nuclear fission, which produces a lot of heat. That heat turns water ...

An investment agreement worth $1.6 billion will see France’s Orano Group and Mongolia’s MonAtom Group jointly develop the ...

NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

A secret Iranian programme is fast-tracking Tehran’s plans to build a nuclear bomb after receiving missile designs from ... take a year to 18 months for Iran to turn its highly enriched uranium into a ...