In many fission reactions, researchers send a neutron toward a lighter isotope of uranium, uranium-235.The uranium absorbs the neutron, creating uranium-236. The uranium-236 then splits into two ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump warned Friday that Iran will not be allowed to enrich uranium — hinting at possible military strikes following the revelation that Tehran has been secretly ...

It is so dense a small 10-centimetre cube would weigh 20 kilograms. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) defines uranium as a Low Specific Activity material. In its natural state, it consists ...

The uranium-236 then splits into two fragments – the fission products – and the reaction emits some assorted particles. Fission reactions create lots of heat energy.

President Donald Trump says his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she previously said that the U.S. believed Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon ...

WASHINGTON — Iran is still producing nearly weapons-grade uranium amid talks with the US to wind down its nuclear program, a UN watchdog revealed Saturday, while Israel's prime minister called ...

Where U.S. and Iran still stand apart on nuclear talks 02:08. Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the United Nations ...

The uranium-236 then splits into two fragments – the fission products – and the reaction emits some assorted particles. Fission reactions create lots of heat energy. More than 400 nuclear power ...

The fuel for nuclear fission is usually uranium-235. Image caption, 2. ... This causes the nucleus to become uranium-236, which is violently unstable. Image caption, 4.

A classified UN report found that Iran has sharply increased its uranium stockpile since February. This comes just as the U.S. prepares for renewed nuclear talks with Tehran.

The uranium-236 then splits into two fragments—the fission products—and the reaction emits some assorted particles. More than 400 nuclear power reactors in operation around the world currently ...