The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than ...

Enrichment centrifuge separates U-235 from natural uranium for nuclear power and weapons, using centrifugal force in stages.

A single kilogram of uranium-235 (the most popular fissile isotope of uranium) can theoretically produce the same amount of power as 1.5 million kilograms of coal. Nuclear fission also doesn’t ...

The former, Germany’s FRM-II, relies on fuel enriched to over 95% uranium-235 to generate its dense neutron flux. Such fuel, however, is widely seen as a potential nuclear proliferation risk and ...

Lightbridge’s fuel technology boosts US nuclear energy’s future. See why LTBR stock is gaining attention despite competition ...

Barbara Scollin and D. Ray Smith bring the 12th part of her story on Kenneth D. Nichols. We learn of the nail-biting effort ...

and uranium-235, based on how many neutrons are contained within the nucleus. Of these isotopes, uranium-238 is the most abundant, while uranium-234 is the rarest. Uranium-235 makes up around 0.72 ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) defines uranium as a Low Specific Activity material. In its natural state, it consists of three isotopes (U-234, U-235 and U-238). Other isotopes that ...

Nuclear power plants are fueled by uranium 235. It’s a radioactive element found in only about a dozen US states. Arizona is one of those states. But most uranium used in the US comes from ...

US-based Westinghouse Electric Company and European enrichment company Urenco have signed a first agreement for long-term ...

Ali Larijani, an adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said while Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons, an attack would leave ...