Russia has accused the UK of increasing the chances of a "nuclear collision" by supplying Ukraine with armour-piercing depleted uranium tank shells. Minister of state for defence Baroness Annabel ...

Depleted uranium is essentially a by-product of enriched uranium. It is what's left over after natural uranium has undergone the process of being used to make nuclear weapons or nuclear reactor fuel.

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Four 'live armour-piercing shells' were removed by police explosives officers from the back of a warehouse yesterday morning. Police were called to the premises in Allum Way, Totteridge, at 9.45am.

Deadly diet pills which killed a Midland 21-year-old were made from chemicals once used to fill armour piercing shells, a Birmingham academic has revealed. Dr Simon Cotton, senior lecturer in ...

The isotope U-235 is extracted from natural uranium ore and used both as fuel for reactors and in nuclear weapons. This process is called enrichment. But the content of the "useful" isotope in the ore ...

While there are some chemical and radiation risks from the weaponry, the UK's Ministry of Defence has pushed back hard against Vladimir Putin's suggestion that depleted uranium tank shells for Ukraine ...