The depleted uranium is still radioactive, but has a much lower level of the isotopes U-235 and U-234 - way less than the levels in natural uranium ore - reducing its radioactivity.

The United States has decided to send controversial depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine for the first time, as part of a new aid package worth more than $1 billion announced Wednesday.

After airstrikes disabled Iran’s Isfahan, Fordow, and Natanz sites, Tehran announced a new underground enrichment facility – already stocked with foreign-sourced uranium and shielded from IAEA ...

Depleted uranium is still radioactive, but it emits alpha particle radiation, which is not powerful enough to penetrate human skin. Just being around depleted uranium is not a danger to human health.

The US is sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine, to be used with the Abrams tanks it is also supplying. The shells can pierce conventional tank armour, but there are some concerns over ...

Depleted uranium is a byproduct of uranium enrichment, the process used to create nuclear fuel. It is only mildly radioactive, but it is extremely dense — almost two and a half times denser ...

Depleted uranium tank ammunition, known for its incredible armor-piercing power, remains one of the most powerful and controversial weapons on the battlefield. This video dives into the technical ...

There are other uses of uranium apart from nuclear weapons as discussed in this article. Uranium is a silver-grey metal that ...

Global Laser Enrichment has submitted its Safety Analysis Report for the planned Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility to the US ...

Uranium has civilian uses that have nothing to do with weapons. For a bomb, the uranium needs to be a lot more concentrated.

The stockpile of uranium enriched to 60 per cent – part of an overall stockpile of more than 8,400kg, the majority of it low-level purity – meant Tehran had the capacity to produce sufficient fissile ...