If you’ve followed the rapid rise of electric vehicles and renewable energy, you know lithium isn’t just another mineral—it’s the backbone of the world’s shift to cleaner power. A new study from Rice ...

Researchers taking the first-ever direct measurement of atom temperature in extremely hot materials inadvertently disproved a ...

Nonproliferation experts believe Iraq’s nuclear program went underground after Israel destroyed its reactor just outside Baghdad.

Satellite images have captured Iran’s Arak heavy water research reactor with a huge gaping hole blasted through it after Israel dropped a bomb on the nuclear site.

Much of the focus on Iran's nuclear program has been on Tehran's enrichment of uranium, but experts also keep a close watch on the Islamic Republic's Arak heavy water reactor.

This satellite image provided by Maxar on June 18, 2025 shows Iran's Arak heavy water reactor building after Israel launched airstrikes on the reactor. Credit: AP ...

This satellite image provided by Maxar on June 18, 2025 shows an overview of Iran's Arak heavy water reactor building before Israel launched airstrikes on the reactor.

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Arak heavy water reactor in Iran on Feb. 15, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via AP) ...

The speed drive controls the pumps that control the water inside the core, which in turn controls the amount of power the reactor produces, according to Energy Northwest.

Some of the 2,000 additional workers hired for the outage replaced 256 of the 764 nuclear fuel assemblies in the reactor core with new fuel. Every two years, a third of the reactor’s fuel is ...