Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize
Nuclear fission – the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms – is what ...
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Dangerous Water
It either must be enriched—made more concentrated in a rare form of uranium (U-235)—or converted into plutonium (Pu-239). Heavy water can play a role in breeding weapons-grade plutonium from ...
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Depleted Uranium
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 ...
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North Korea Reveals Rare Details About Nuclear Weapons Program
He called for a continued buildup of centrifuges, including a new, recently completed model to bolster ... they enrich uranium by increasing the concentration of uranium-235, the fissile material ...
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INB signs contract with Internexco GmbH for conversion and enrichment of uranium
It has the goal of becoming self-sufficient in fuel for its nuclear power plant. Uranium-235 (U-235) is the main fissile isotope of uranium and occurs at a concentration of about 0.7% in natural ...