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- chemical means, such as combustion, or nuclear means, such as nuclear fission ... radioactive isotopes used as fuel to power nuclear plants were formed in supernova ...10 KB (1,556 words) - 00:50, 18 October 2022
- html Section 12.0 Useful Tables] Nuclear Weapon Archive. Retrieved June ... * Nuclear weapon == Notes == ==References== * Clayton, Donald. 2003 ...18 KB (2,638 words) - 16:50, 5 November 2022
- as fuel for a nuclear reactor or to create a nuclear weapon. ... be used as reactor fuel or to create a nuclear weapon. In 1992, the U.S. Department ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer ... [https://www.state.gov/t/isn/4797.htm Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- in existence is the hydrogen bomb, a nuclear weapon with destructive power ... * Nuclear weapon * TNT * Weapon == Notes == ==References== ...13 KB (2,042 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- 253Es (half-life 20.5 days) that was made by the nuclear fusion of 15 neutrons with 238U (which then went through seven beta decays). These findings ...7 KB (940 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- Nuclear physics is a field of physics that involves investigation ... * Nuclear weapon * Particle physics * Proton * Quark * Radioactive decay ...18 KB (2,740 words) - 00:29, 17 November 2022
- defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons. An anti-ballistic ... used the Galosh interceptor, each with a nuclear warhead themselves. Safeguard ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 06:19, 31 July 2023
- American physicist who conceived of the nuclear chain reaction and worked ... in February of 1950, a new kind of nuclear weapon using cobalt as a tamper ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- North Korea declared in 2009 that it had developed a nuclear weapon ... north-korea-have-a-missile-deliverable-nuclear-weapon Does North Korea Have ...25 KB (3,635 words) - 06:33, 16 November 2022
- of the isotope uranium-235, for use in nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons ... are in use in nuclear power and nuclear weapon programs. ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- These kinds of centrifuges are in use in nuclear power and nuclear weapons ... to enrich uranium enough for use in a nuclear reactor (around 3.5 percent ...7 KB (963 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- have noted that it could be used in making nuclear weapons. ... in principle, be used to build a nuclear weapon. The critical mass, according ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- or at a very rapid uncontrolled rate in a nuclear weapon. ... to eons. In a nuclear reactor or nuclear weapon, most fission events ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- as a neutron absorber in control rods in nuclear power plants. ... The nuclear isomer Hf-178-m2 is also a source of cascades of gamma ...10 KB (1,277 words) - 16:40, 21 January 2024
- In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two atomic ... Detonation of a nuclear weapon involves bringing fissile material ...22 KB (3,405 words) - 00:39, 17 November 2022
- December 14, 1989), was an eminent Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and ... He also proposed an idea for a controlled nuclear fusion reactor, ...11 KB (1,679 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- released very slowly. 60Co is a risk factor in a nuclear confrontation because neutron emissions will convert 59Co into this isotope. Some nuclear weapons ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- to develop one of Germany's many nuclear weapon/nuclear power programs ... had led him to conclude that a usable nuclear weapon was feasible if, in fact ...22 KB (3,234 words) - 17:14, 4 May 2023
- external pressure as is required for a nuclear weapon, it will nevertheless ... * Nuclear weapon * Periodic table * Radioactive decay * Uranium ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- to nations not recognized as "Nuclear Weapon States" by the Nuclear ... for in a country suspected of nuclear weapon ambitions. ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- 134 helps measure cesium output by the nuclear power industry. Cesium-137 ... Cesium-137 is produced during the detonation of nuclear weapons and ...14 KB (1,931 words) - 00:09, 4 December 2023
- , about 4 orders of magnitude greater than nuclear energy that can be liberated ... it could be used in antimatter catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion. Generating ...23 KB (3,458 words) - 06:25, 31 July 2023
- and oriented his scientific career to nuclear physics.Edward Teller and ... in the fields of quantum, molecular, and nuclear physics. In 1941, after ...41 KB (6,221 words) - 23:53, 12 February 2024
- the two nations. Each nation had tested nuclear weapons in 1998, meaning ... after the Kargil Conflict, where both nuclear armed countries fought high ...17 KB (2,490 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- India following the 1974 Smiling Buddha nuclear weapon test. ... used in the production of a nuclear weapon) has led to campaigns ...45 KB (6,704 words) - 00:40, 17 November 2022
- referred to as Lord Rutherford, was a nuclear physicist who became known ... Marsden experiment) that discovered the nuclear nature of atoms. It was ...17 KB (2,514 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- metal has a low neutron cross-section for nuclear capture. The common oxidation ... strontium-90, which is a product of nuclear explosions. ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- Fault Tree Handbook] (Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1981 ... " Without any safety features, nuclear reactors might have "catastrophic ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- temporarily amplified by a high-altitude nuclear explosion (the Starfish ... There have been nuclear tests in space that have caused artificial ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
- impacts on humankind in their practical and nuclear uses. ... his students, made the first discovery of nuclear energy, by identifying the ...14 KB (2,057 words) - 05:21, 24 November 2022
- named Cosmos 954, built with an onboard nuclear reactor fell from orbit ... org/feature/operation-morning-light-the-nuclear-satellite-almost-14411 Operation ...11 KB (1,706 words) - 13:20, 22 January 2023
- Kingdom and Canada to develop the first nuclear weapon (atomic bomb). Formally designated as the Manhattan Engineering District (MED), Manhattan Project ...52 KB (8,009 words) - 11:05, 9 March 2023
- with the latest Hedgehog anti-submarine weapon. The frigate possessed less ... , California- and Virginia- classes—were nuclear-powered. These were larger ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
- Seaborg advised ten presidents from Truman to Clinton on nuclear policy ... years. Prior to the test of the first nuclear weapon, Seaborg joined with ...29 KB (4,299 words) - 07:54, 24 January 2023
- Arsenic has been proposed as a "salting" material for nuclear weapons—that is, as an agent that could increase the radioactivity ...21 KB (2,920 words) - 04:00, 15 August 2023
- ;Nuclear reactions particles. This was the first manmade nuclear reaction, produced by Cockroft ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 04:29, 29 October 2022
- intellectual light of the movement against nuclear weapons in Europe. He was ... associated with the nascent movement for nuclear disarmament in the late ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions ... he worked on construction of the first nuclear reactor. ...25 KB (3,781 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- on the project. He was concerned about a nuclear arms race, and is quoted ... what it would mean in practice to create a nuclear weapon. ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 09:45, 11 March 2023
- Little Boy device became the first nuclear weapon used in war when it was ... [http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/design.htm Nuclear Weapon Design ...48 KB (6,867 words) - 15:33, 16 January 2024
- in China and development of the Soviet nuclear weapons made him re-consider ... the technology necessary to build a nuclear weapon. On Monday, 9th October ...33 KB (5,024 words) - 16:59, 7 May 2021
- In the late twentieth century, French nuclear testing in the territory ... French community. In 1966 France began a nuclear testing program on uninhabited ...18 KB (2,636 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- In physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by ... and pressure inside a fusion reactor or nuclear weapon. ...39 KB (6,029 words) - 23:53, 16 November 2022
- as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare when the United ... , August 6, 1945, the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
- by several interactions. The strong nuclear force, not observed at the ... except for the unlikely cases of a nuclear weapon detonation or an accident ...30 KB (4,559 words) - 22:46, 7 December 2022
- progressed, hydro electric, coal, oil and nuclear power stations were built ... there have been developments in both nuclear and biological weaponry ...12 KB (1,940 words) - 21:14, 22 October 2022
- of the atom bomb and the danger of nuclear war. His wife, Evelyn Thompson ... American politics, ever watchful of the danger of nuclear war. ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 08:08, 28 January 2024
- to the earth and humankind through nuclear warfare in the mid-twentieth ... offset the advantages of victory. With nuclear weapons, the fighting of ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- to bring about the worldwide ban on above ground nuclear weapons testing. * Charles Pratt - founder of Pratt Institute. * John D. Rockefeller ...10 KB (1,417 words) - 03:17, 24 November 2022
- * The plutonium used in nuclear weapon pits is machined by alloying ... isotope of gallium, have been used in nuclear medicine imaging. This use ...15 KB (2,122 words) - 04:06, 18 April 2024
- On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States Army Air Forces dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- von Neumann worked out key steps in the nuclear physics involved in thermonuclear ... tests in the Pacific or in later work on nuclear weapons at Los Alamos, New ...30 KB (4,433 words) - 00:38, 10 February 2023
- the two countries after they had developed nuclear weapons. (India and Pakistan ... with separatists in Kashmir as well as nuclear tests by both countries ...55 KB (8,309 words) - 08:36, 28 February 2023
- Its short-lived isotope 99mTc is used in nuclear medicine for a wide variety ... a by-product of fission of uranium-235 in nuclear reactors and is extracted ...43 KB (6,283 words) - 22:03, 13 January 2024
- World War II effort to develop the first nuclear weapons, at the secret Los ... * Nuclear weapon * Nuclear energy ==Notes== ==References== ...58 KB (8,808 words) - 01:10, 8 February 2023
- *In the film Crimson Tide, the naval officers of the nuclear submarine ... saw a machinegun, a tank, a Viet Cong, or a nuclear weapon. ...24 KB (3,682 words) - 15:21, 27 November 2023
- work to stop the production and deployment of nuclear weapons. ==Programs and projects== Today, the AFSC has more than two hundred staff working ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 03:35, 24 July 2023
- is why it was a top strategic location for nuclear weapons activities during ... to use the islands as a launching pad for nuclear warheads—contrary to Palau ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- the Church of Scotland is a firm opponent of nuclear weaponry. ==Governance and administration== The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian in polity ...20 KB (2,987 words) - 22:00, 10 December 2023
- took the form of an arms race involving nuclear and conventional weapons ... concern that it would escalate into a full nuclear exchange with hundreds of ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- an ordinance banning vessels carrying nuclear weapons from Kobe Port. ... Submarine, Research Vessels and Vehicles, Nuclear reactor, Satellite. ...32 KB (4,446 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, ... Ōe was involved with pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigns and wrote ...45 KB (5,943 words) - 21:09, 28 September 2023
- Fear of Japanese retaliation [to chemical weapon use] lessened because ... === Nuclear weapons=== On Marshall's orders, Major-General John ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- missiles (ICBMs) when it was realized that nuclear weapons carried on a rocket ... Rockets remain a popular military weapon. The use of large battlefield ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- rocket motors, coolant released by RORSAT nuclear powered satellites, small ... place during the Chinese anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) test on January 11, 2007. ...13 KB (1,862 words) - 15:16, 27 April 2023
- from the use of conventional weapons or nuclear weapons because the destructive ... of its origin, is considered a chemical weapon unless it is used for purposes ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- the development of the independent French nuclear deterrent and the withdrawal ... force"). France tested its first nuclear weapon, Gerboise Bleue, on February ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- of causing explosions include the use of nuclear weapons, high-intensity ... * Nuclear weapon * Weapon ==References== * Akhavan, Jacqueline. 2004 ...41 KB (6,258 words) - 23:56, 24 March 2024
- He asserted that a nuclear weapon could not be made small enough to fit in the nose of a missile as in an ICBM. In his book Modern Arms and Free ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- Devin T. Hagerty, The Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation: Lessons from ... ===Consolidation of Pakistan's nuclear program=== President Zia ...33 KB (4,947 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- where he defended the national nuclear program, the centerpiece ... In May 1998, India conducted five underground nuclear weapon tests ...47 KB (6,896 words) - 18:41, 19 August 2023
- result of the Soviet Union testing almost 500 nuclear weapons, above ground and often without notifying residents. Widespread protest ended nuclear ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- used as long-range carriers for fast nuclear weapon delivery. In 1961, when ... are lack of natural resources, comets, nuclear war, and worldwide epidemic ...20 KB (2,963 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- in its bestial form, could be killed only by a weapon or bullet made of silver. According to Eastern European folklore, the silver bullet was equally ...20 KB (2,849 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- *Radioactive thallium-201 is used for diagnostic purposes in nuclear ... Thallium was once an effective murder weapon before its effects became ...13 KB (1,784 words) - 15:06, 30 April 2023
- gunpowder manufacture. The first mobile weapon is usually credited to Jan ... mortar element, consisting of one or more weapon systems, capable of being ...76 KB (11,884 words) - 17:42, 16 August 2023
- of the depth charge as an anti-submarine weapon. This required an attacking ... war developments related to countering the nuclear submarine. Work on sonar ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- sides; in particular, information related to nuclear weapons secrets was sought after. During the Cold War, both American and Soviet intelligence agencies ...16 KB (2,298 words) - 12:20, 21 January 2023
- ** Nuclear energy ==Solar== [[File:Breakdown of the incoming solar ... produce electricity (nuclear power) or as a nuclear weapon. ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- invaded Iraq, claiming Iraq had not abandoned its nuclear and chemical weapons development program. Baghdad was bombed heavily in March and April that ...29 KB (4,200 words) - 05:40, 26 August 2023
- state that Gulag prisoners were used in early nuclear tests (the first was conducted in Semipalatinsk in 1949) for decontaminating radioactive areas ...26 KB (3,838 words) - 12:39, 24 January 2023
- Another issue is the possible presence of nuclear weapons on U.S. ... adopted into law) that has guided Japanese nuclear policy since the late 1960s ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- radioactive decay, and the aftermath of nuclear warfare, in addition to ... 000 scientists calling for an end to nuclear-weapon testing. Public pressure ...44 KB (6,490 words) - 04:18, 29 October 2022
- throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons. ===Paleolithic (2.5 million – 10,000 B.C.E.)=== [[Image:Chopper of Dmanisi.png|thumb|right ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 17:50, 14 November 2022
- * nuclear microscopy (HEFIB) * Rutherford backscattering * neutron diffraction The overlap between physics and materials science has lent itself ...17 KB (2,292 words) - 16:49, 7 November 2022
- dredging for navigation by larger ships, nuclear power generation and nuclear ... the Gorge Amphitheatre and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, before meeting ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- to guerrilla warfare as the "weapon of the weak" and terrorism ... of concern is also a possible use of a nuclear weapon or biological weapons ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- France became the world's fourth nuclear power, perhaps earning its ... for an independent France with its own nuclear weapons, and strongly encouraged ...41 KB (6,470 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
- remain submerged for half a year and carry nuclear missiles capable of destroying ... Until the advent of nuclear marine propulsion]], most twentieth-century ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- their introduction. Most are powered by nuclear reactors and form the core ... The U.S. Navy attempted to become a strategic nuclear force in parallel ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- nuclear and conventional disarmament, nuclear-weapon-free zones, reduction ... of the world, including the five major nuclear-weapon states (the People's ...64 KB (9,547 words) - 11:41, 3 May 2023
- The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) of the Smithsonian Institution is a museum in Washington, D.C., United States, and is the most popular ...18 KB (2,632 words) - 01:35, 11 November 2022
- would have enough votes to secure the Iran nuclear deal, crediting the president ... all agree that Iran must not possess a nuclear weapon. At this time, the JCPOA ...46 KB (6,718 words) - 20:14, 3 January 2023
- each other without the threat of all-out nuclear strikes (although limited ... to avoid any international and potential nuclear incidents. ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- (Bundesvorstand) and campaigned against nuclear weapons and the equipping ... deployment of United States medium-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- most militarized nation, and has active nuclear and ballistic missile weapons ... As a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program, the Six-party ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- Iceland to discuss reducing intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe. To the immense surprise of both men's advisers, the two agreed in principle ...27 KB (3,969 words) - 17:52, 9 November 2022
- production of the A-4 as a "vengeance weapon" and the group developed ... 2," "Retaliation/Vengeance Weapon 2") for propaganda purposes ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- spectrometry, interferometry, radar, and nuclear fusion. He continued working ... field, Anti-missile, Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), Electro Optic Counter ...41 KB (6,333 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
