Dr. Sun highlighted the achievement. “This is the highest performance ever reported for uranium extraction from natural ...

Discovered in Gabon, the Oklo natural nuclear reactor operated about 2 billion years ago, a testament to nature's ability to ...

A team of scientists has developed a groundbreaking material that dramatically boosts the ability to extract uranium from ...

Men work inside of a uranium conversion facility just outside the city of Isfahan, Iran, on March 30, 2005. The facility in Isfahan made hexaflouride gas, which was then enriched by feeding it into ...

Members of the editorial and news staff of the Los Angeles magazine and the Engine Vision Media Network were not involved in the creation of this content. Historically, nuclear energy has endured what ...

An image from Iranian television shows centrifuges lining a hall at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility in 2021. IRIB via APPEAR When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from science fiction. But uranium isn’t just fuel for apocalyptic ...

The material is three to four times more abundant than uranium and produces about 250 times the amount of energy per unit of weight. So what´s the trick? The use of thorium is based on an ...

Blasting uranium with lasers sounds like a bad idea, but it's actually a good way to figure out if it's dangerous or not. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Uranium is the primary fuel for nuclear energy, powering more than 400 reactors that make up 10% of the world’s annual electricity generation. With countries turning back to nuclear power as a clean ...