How To Dilute Uranium?

Name: How To Dilute Uranium?
Uploaded: 2026-06-25 05:38:40Z
Duration: 2 min 43 s
Description: In the 1990s, US and Russian scientists pulled off the ultimate nuclear magic trick: "downblending" weapons-grade uranium so it could never be used in a bomb. Now, the US and Iran are trying to repeat history.

June 25, 2026 07:38 CET

By Kian Sharifi,
Ajla Obradovic and
Kenan Cerimagic

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In the 1990s, US and Russian scientists pulled off the ultimate nuclear magic trick: "downblending" weapons-grade uranium so it could never be used in a bomb. Now, the US and Iran are trying to repeat history. Under the new 60-day peace roadmap, Iran has agreed to downblend its current stockpile. But how exactly do you "dilute" a radioactive metal? It’s not as simple as adding water.