OAK RIDGE, TN - Oak Ridge crews are deactivating Beta-4, which spans the equivalent of nearly seven football fields, as ...

The U.S. estimates that Iran possesses nearly 1,000 pounds of highly-enriched uranium.It’s not quite enriched to ...

The example that Chernobyl has provided of how the landscape, water dynamics and human behaviour affect radiation risk will ...

The US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran and created a “near-term ...

Nine leading Catholic scholars give their take on what duties just war theory requires of the United States at this stage of ...

A comprehensive guide to uranium, explaining its extraction, enrichment process, nuclear chain reactions, and its role in global geopolitics.

BWX Technologies (BWXT) has formally notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its intent to seek a uranium enrichment license for a new production facility in Erwin, Tennessee, as a ...

The problem with enrichment is proliferation. Natural uranium consists of two isotopes — uranium-238 and uranium-235 (U-235), the fissile isotope you need for both nuclear reactors and nuclear bombs.

For the past several months, an interesting battle has played out in the city of Jonesborough. In September 2025, Virginia-based nuclear company BWX Technologies (BWXT) was awarded a 10-year contract ...

Global Laser Enrichment is getting a potential combined $98.9 million incentives package from the state of Kentucky and McCracken County to aid its development of a first-of-its-kind laser uranium ...