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Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely ...

Iran said on Monday its parliament was preparing a bill that could push the Islamic Republic towards exiting the nuclear ...

Known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, the deal followed two years of negotiations during the Obama ...

The ongoing standoff over Iran's uranium enrichment program has emerged as the defining obstacle in stalled nuclear negotiations. At the core of the dispute is Tehran's insistence on continuing ...

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Nuclear power is generated by splitting atoms to release the energy held at the core, or nucleus, of those atoms. This process, nuclear fission, generates heat that is directed to a cooling agent ...

Tánaiste Simon Harris, along with other EU foreign ministers, have met in Brussels this morning to discuss the ongoing ...

Nuclear energy is among the most powerful energy sources in the world, but it's also one of the most controversial. At ExtremeTech, we'll show you how it works without bias.

Uranium enrichment increases the concentration of uranium-235, the isotope needed for nuclear energy or weapons. Reactor fuel typically requires enrichment to 3–5 percent, while weapons-grade ...