Centrifuges

Centrifuges used to enrich uranium must spin flawlessly at well above the speed of sound for months on end.

Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

Centrifuges are finely calibrated cylindrical devices that spin at supersonic speed to increase the fissile element in uranium so that it can serve as fuel for nuclear power plants or, if refined to a much higher degree, for atomic bombs.

North Korea atom drive may rely on smugglers: IAEA Reuters 2011

Centrifuges are slender metal cylinders that spin at nearly twice the speed of sound to produce the enriched uranium required to fuel nuclear plants that generate electricity.

Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

Centrifuges are slender metal cylinders that spin at nearly twice the speed of sound to produce the enriched uranium required to fuel nuclear plants that generate electricity.

Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

Centrifuges are finely calibrated cylindrical devices that spin at supersonic speed to increase the fissile element in uranium so that it can serve as fuel for nuclear power plants or, if refined to a much higher degree, for atomic bombs.

North Korea atom drive may rely on smugglers: IAEA Reuters 2011

Centrifuges used to enrich uranium must spin flawlessly at well above the speed of sound for months on end.

Fallout Catherine Collins 2011

"Centrifuges are delicate pieces of equipment," she said.

Computer worm may have targeted Iran's nuclear program Glenn Kessler 2010

"Centrifuges are delicate pieces of equipment," she said.

Computer worm may have targeted Iran's nuclear program Glenn Kessler 2010

"Centrifuges are delicate pieces of equipment," she said.

Computer worm may have targeted Iran's nuclear program Glenn Kessler 2010

Centrifuges at the Natanz facility in Iran are not set up for efficient enrichment to the level of 90%.

A New Spin on Iran's Nuclear Threat 2009