A five-dimensional (5D) Langevin approach developed by an international team of researchers, including members from Science Tokyo, accurately reproduces complex fission fragment distributions and ...

Uranium enrichment concentrates one specific type of the atom to create a substance that can generate massive amounts of ...

These findings challenge existing models and highlight the need to better understand how nuclear structure affects fission in the sub-lead region, which includes elements with atomic numbers below 82.

To understand what it means to "enrich" uranium, you need to know a little about uranium isotopes and about splitting the atom in a nuclear fission reaction. What is an isotope?

Nobody is saying it, but the advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning may be springboarding the increased ...

The 30,000 pound munition, equipped by the U.S. B-2 Spirit stealth bomber may be the only aerial bomb that can reach Iran's Fordow nuclear site.

A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 ...

The work is happening at a nuclear power plant in Cernavodă. Construction workers break ground on first-of-its-kind nuclear ...

Nuclear policy specialist David Albright explains how his organization is monitoring for damage to nuclear sites following ...

The DOE secretary's proposed budget would slash research programs and boost efforts "to reindustrialize America, to win the ...

The recent strikes could convince Iran and other states that building nuclear weapons is the only way to prevent such attacks ...