The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/nuclear-scientists/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:11:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png nuclear scientists | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/nuclear-scientists/ 32 32 Surviving Iranian nuclear scientists said sent into hiding for fear of more Israeli strikes https://www.timesofisrael.com/surviving-iranian-nuclear-scientists-sent-into-hiding-after-israeli-strikes-report/ Sat, 09 Aug 2025 18:03:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3616452 At least 15 top researchers moved to secure locations, The Telegraph reports, amid calls to improve protection after Israeli assassinations that opened June war

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]]> Israeli drone strike said to target Iranian nuclear scientist in a Tehran safehouse https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-drone-strike-said-to-target-iranian-nuclear-scientist-in-a-tehran-safehouse/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:48:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3579310 Defense Minister Katz calls to 'destabilize' Islamic regime as Israel continues waves of strikes against nuclear and military targets in Iran; Iran stages anti-Israel, US protests

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]]> The spy who loved her: How wife shielded US nuclear scientist after intel leak to USSR https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-spy-who-loved-her-how-wife-shielded-us-nuclear-scientist-after-intel-leak-to-ussr/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 23:43:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3066735 New documentary 'A Compassionate Spy' reveals the crisis of conscience that led Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall to spy for the Soviets, and how his spouse Joan kept his secret

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]]> Several top nuclear scientists said to weigh resigning to protest judicial overhaul https://www.timesofisrael.com/several-top-nuclear-scientists-said-to-weigh-resigning-to-protest-judicial-overhaul/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:17:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3059110 Some of the country's leading experts are discussing quitting the high level Atomic Energy Commission, TV report says

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]]> Russian hackers reportedly targeted US nuclear sites after Ukraine invasion https://www.timesofisrael.com/russian-hackers-reportedly-targeted-us-nuclear-sites-after-ukraine-invasion/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 21:03:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2918963 Team known as Cold River created fake login pages and emailed scientists in bid to get to their passwords; unclear if effort was successful

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]]> AQ Khan, ‘father of Pakistan’s nuclear program’ who also helped Iran, dies at 85 https://www.timesofisrael.com/aq-khan-father-of-pakistans-nuclear-program-who-also-helped-iran-dies-at-85/ Sun, 10 Oct 2021 07:51:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2629180 Scientist also accused of giving nuclear know-how to Libya, North Korea; was placed under effective house arrest in 2004 after admitting he shared tech with the 3 rogue nations

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]]> 75 years post-Hiroshima, Jewish ‘mother of the bomb’ inspires spy thriller novel https://www.timesofisrael.com/75-years-post-hiroshima-jewish-mother-of-the-bomb-inspires-spy-thriller-novel/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:30:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2407189 Physicist Lise Meitner discovered nuclear fission soon after fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938, but Nobel Prize was given to a man as she saw her breakthrough used in ways she opposed

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]]> Competing accounts of scientist hit job expose row between Iranian agencies https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/world/middleeast/iran-assassination-nuclear-scientist.html Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:08:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2441066&preview=true&preview_id=2441066 NYT says Revolutionary Guards burying failure to protect nuke chief Fakhrizadeh under claim of remote-control gun attack, despite witnesses describing shootout with attackers

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]]> Israeli missions told to beef up security amid fears of blowback after Iran hit https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-missions-urged-to-beef-up-security-amid-fears-of-blowback-after-iran-hit/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:46:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2439889&preview=true&preview_id=2439889 In rare letter, Foreign Ministry head tells diplomats to maintain 'highest level of vigilance' as officials worry Tehran may retaliate over assassination of nuclear scientist

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]]> Nuke chief killed with Israeli weapons controlled by satellite – Iranian report https://www.timesofisrael.com/nuke-chief-killed-with-israeli-weapons-controlled-by-satellite-iranian-report/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:53:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2439546&preview=true&preview_id=2439546 State TV says weapon found at scene of Fakhrizadeh killing bore 'logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry'; senior official confirms attack was carried out remotely

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]]> Iran said distributing pictures of 4 suspects in killing of nuclear chief https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-said-distributing-pictures-of-suspects-in-killing-of-nuclear-chief/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 01:07:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2439456&preview=true&preview_id=2439456 London-based Iranian journalist claims intelligence handing out photos of 4 men suspected of involvement in assassination, as state media says clues found to identity of attackers

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]]> Killing of nuke chief was done entirely by remote control — Iranian report https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-iranian-nuclear-scientist-was-killed-by-remote-controlled-gun-report/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:23:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2439260&preview=true&preview_id=2439260 Semi-official Fars claims operation to kill Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was conducted in three minutes with no human operatives on the ground

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]]> Amid threats from Tehran, IDF chief says army will keep fighting Iran in Syria https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-threats-from-tehran-idf-chief-says-army-will-keep-fighting-iran-in-syria/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 16:02:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2439197&preview=true&preview_id=2439197 After killing of Iranian nuke scientist, Kohavi says military is 'aware of possible developments,' but operating as usual; praises troops for thwarting attack on Golan border

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]]> World should thank Israel for hit on Iran nuke chief, Israeli official tells NYT https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-should-thank-israel-for-hit-on-iran-nuke-chief-israeli-official-tells-nyt/ Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:17:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2438898&preview=true&preview_id=2438898 Ex-CIA official: Israel striking in enemy territory in 'unprecedented' manner and Iranians seem unable to stop it; Israeli minister: Fakhrizadeh's assassination good for the world

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]]> Nuke chief’s death said to be ‘pinnacle’ of Israeli strategy to thwart Iran bomb https://www.timesofisrael.com/nuke-chiefs-death-said-to-be-highpoint-of-israeli-efforts-to-sabotage-iran/ Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:29:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2438736&preview=true&preview_id=2438736 Western intel officials tell TV Fakhrizadeh killing was key to long-term bid to stop Iran nukes; Jerusalem braces for response; US media posits goal was to rule out Biden diplomacy

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