A US nuclear reactor has switched from Regular to Premium fuel with Southern Nuclear inserting four Lead Test Assemblies ...

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

The nuclear fuel cycle is the series of industrial processes that turns uranium into electricity. Claire Maden takes a look ...

Scientists at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) say their uranium battery could help renewable energy sources such as ...

For the first time in U.S. history, a commercial nuclear reactor tests fuel enriched above the traditional 5 per cent ...

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 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 ...

Westinghouse Electric Company's lead test assemblies with LEU+ fuel have been loaded into Unit 2 of the Vogtle nuclear power plant - a first for such fuel in a commercial reactor in the USA. ; ...

Read about DOE's conditional commitments to distribute HALEU material to five nuclear developers to meet their near-term fuel ...

U.S. and Iran engage in talks over Iran's nuclear program amid escalating tensions and potential military threats.