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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 ...

html Section 12.0 Useful Tables] Nuclear Weapon Archive. Retrieved June ... * Nuclear weapon == Notes == ==References== * Clayton, Donald. 2003 ...

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 ...

The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests In The Atmosphere, In Outer ... [https://www.state.gov/t/isn/4797.htm Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon ...

in existence is the hydrogen bomb, a nuclear weapon with destructive power ... * Nuclear weapon * TNT * Weapon == Notes == ==References== ...

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 ...

Nuclear physics is a field of physics that involves investigation ... * Nuclear weapon * Particle physics * Proton * Quark * Radioactive decay ...

defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons. An anti-ballistic ... used the Galosh interceptor, each with a nuclear warhead themselves. Safeguard ...

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 ...

North Korea declared in 2009 that it had developed a nuclear weapon ... north-korea-have-a-missile-deliverable-nuclear-weapon Does North Korea Have ...

of the isotope uranium-235, for use in nuclear reactors or nuclear weapons ... are in use in nuclear power and nuclear weapon programs. ...

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 ...

have noted that it could be used in making nuclear weapons. ... in principle, be used to build a nuclear weapon. The critical mass, according ...

or at a very rapid uncontrolled rate in a nuclear weapon. ... to eons. In a nuclear reactor or nuclear weapon, most fission events ...

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 ...

In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two atomic ... Detonation of a nuclear weapon involves bringing fissile material ...

December 14, 1989), was an eminent Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and ... He also proposed an idea for a controlled nuclear fusion reactor, ...

released very slowly. 60Co is a risk factor in a nuclear confrontation because neutron emissions will convert 59Co into this isotope. Some nuclear weapons ...

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 ...

external pressure as is required for a nuclear weapon, it will nevertheless ... * Nuclear weapon * Periodic table * Radioactive decay * Uranium ...

to nations not recognized as "Nuclear Weapon States" by the Nuclear ... for in a country suspected of nuclear weapon ambitions. ...

134 helps measure cesium output by the nuclear power industry. Cesium-137 ... Cesium-137 is produced during the detonation of nuclear weapons and ...

, about 4 orders of magnitude greater than nuclear energy that can be liberated ... it could be used in antimatter catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion. Generating ...

and oriented his scientific career to nuclear physics.Edward Teller and ... in the fields of quantum, molecular, and nuclear physics. In 1941, after ...

the two nations. Each nation had tested nuclear weapons in 1998, meaning ... after the Kargil Conflict, where both nuclear armed countries fought high ...

India following the 1974 Smiling Buddha nuclear weapon test. ... used in the production of a nuclear weapon) has led to campaigns ...

referred to as Lord Rutherford, was a nuclear physicist who became known ... Marsden experiment) that discovered the nuclear nature of atoms. It was ...

metal has a low neutron cross-section for nuclear capture. The common oxidation ... strontium-90, which is a product of nuclear explosions. ...

Fault Tree Handbook] (Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1981 ... " Without any safety features, nuclear reactors might have "catastrophic ...

temporarily amplified by a high-altitude nuclear explosion (the Starfish ... There have been nuclear tests in space that have caused artificial ...

impacts on humankind in their practical and nuclear uses. ... his students, made the first discovery of nuclear energy, by identifying the ...

named Cosmos 954, built with an onboard nuclear reactor fell from orbit ... org/feature/operation-morning-light-the-nuclear-satellite-almost-14411 Operation ...

Kingdom and Canada to develop the first nuclear weapon (atomic bomb). Formally designated as the Manhattan Engineering District (MED), Manhattan Project ...

with the latest Hedgehog anti-submarine weapon. The frigate possessed less ... , California- and Virginia- classes—were nuclear-powered. These were larger ...

Seaborg advised ten presidents from Truman to Clinton on nuclear policy ... years. Prior to the test of the first nuclear weapon, Seaborg joined with ...

Arsenic has been proposed as a "salting" material for nuclear weapons—that is, as an agent that could increase the radioactivity ...

;Nuclear reactions particles. This was the first manmade nuclear reaction, produced by Cockroft ...

intellectual light of the movement against nuclear weapons in Europe. He was ... associated with the nascent movement for nuclear disarmament in the late ...

his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions ... he worked on construction of the first nuclear reactor. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the late twentieth century, French nuclear testing in the territory ... French community. In 1966 France began a nuclear testing program on uninhabited ...

In physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by ... and pressure inside a fusion reactor or nuclear weapon. ...

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 ...

by several interactions. The strong nuclear force, not observed at the ... except for the unlikely cases of a nuclear weapon detonation or an accident ...

progressed, hydro electric, coal, oil and nuclear power stations were built ... there have been developments in both nuclear and biological weaponry ...

of the atom bomb and the danger of nuclear war. His wife, Evelyn Thompson ... American politics, ever watchful of the danger of nuclear war. ...

to the earth and humankind through nuclear warfare in the mid-twentieth ... offset the advantages of victory. With nuclear weapons, the fighting of ...

to bring about the worldwide ban on above ground nuclear weapons testing. * Charles Pratt - founder of Pratt Institute. * John D. Rockefeller ...

* The plutonium used in nuclear weapon pits is machined by alloying ... isotope of gallium, have been used in nuclear medicine imaging. This use ...

On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States Army Air Forces dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima ...

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 ...

the two countries after they had developed nuclear weapons. (India and Pakistan ... with separatists in Kashmir as well as nuclear tests by both countries ...

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 ...

World War II effort to develop the first nuclear weapons, at the secret Los ... * Nuclear weapon * Nuclear energy ==Notes== ==References== ...

*In the film Crimson Tide, the naval officers of the nuclear submarine ... saw a machinegun, a tank, a Viet Cong, or a nuclear weapon. ...

work to stop the production and deployment of nuclear weapons. ==Programs and projects== Today, the AFSC has more than two hundred staff working ...

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 ...

the Church of Scotland is a firm opponent of nuclear weaponry. ==Governance and administration== The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian in polity ...

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 ...

an ordinance banning vessels carrying nuclear weapons from Kobe Port. ... Submarine, Research Vessels and Vehicles, Nuclear reactor, Satellite. ...

and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, ... Ōe was involved with pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigns and wrote ...

Fear of Japanese retaliation [to chemical weapon use] lessened because ... === Nuclear weapons=== On Marshall's orders, Major-General John ...

missiles (ICBMs) when it was realized that nuclear weapons carried on a rocket ... Rockets remain a popular military weapon. The use of large battlefield ...

rocket motors, coolant released by RORSAT nuclear powered satellites, small ... place during the Chinese anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) test on January 11, 2007. ...

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 ...

the development of the independent French nuclear deterrent and the withdrawal ... force"). France tested its first nuclear weapon, Gerboise Bleue, on February ...

of causing explosions include the use of nuclear weapons, high-intensity ... * Nuclear weapon * Weapon ==References== * Akhavan, Jacqueline. 2004 ...

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 ...

Devin T. Hagerty, The Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation: Lessons from ... ===Consolidation of Pakistan's nuclear program=== President Zia ...

where he defended the national nuclear program, the centerpiece ... In May 1998, India conducted five underground nuclear weapon tests ...

result of the Soviet Union testing almost 500 nuclear weapons, above ground and often without notifying residents. Widespread protest ended nuclear ...

used as long-range carriers for fast nuclear weapon delivery. In 1961, when ... are lack of natural resources, comets, nuclear war, and worldwide epidemic ...

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 ...

*Radioactive thallium-201 is used for diagnostic purposes in nuclear ... Thallium was once an effective murder weapon before its effects became ...

gunpowder manufacture. The first mobile weapon is usually credited to Jan ... mortar element, consisting of one or more weapon systems, capable of being ...

of the depth charge as an anti-submarine weapon. This required an attacking ... war developments related to countering the nuclear submarine. Work on sonar ...

sides; in particular, information related to nuclear weapons secrets was sought after. During the Cold War, both American and Soviet intelligence agencies ...

** Nuclear energy ==Solar== [[File:Breakdown of the incoming solar ... produce electricity (nuclear power) or as a nuclear weapon. ...

invaded Iraq, claiming Iraq had not abandoned its nuclear and chemical weapons development program. Baghdad was bombed heavily in March and April that ...

state that Gulag prisoners were used in early nuclear tests (the first was conducted in Semipalatinsk in 1949) for decontaminating radioactive areas ...

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 ...

radioactive decay, and the aftermath of nuclear warfare, in addition to ... 000 scientists calling for an end to nuclear-weapon testing. Public pressure ...

throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons. ===Paleolithic (2.5 million – 10,000 B.C.E.)=== [[Image:Chopper of Dmanisi.png|thumb|right ...

* nuclear microscopy (HEFIB) * Rutherford backscattering * neutron diffraction The overlap between physics and materials science has lent itself ...

dredging for navigation by larger ships, nuclear power generation and nuclear ... the Gorge Amphitheatre and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, before meeting ...

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 ...

France became the world's fourth nuclear power, perhaps earning its ... for an independent France with its own nuclear weapons, and strongly encouraged ...

remain submerged for half a year and carry nuclear missiles capable of destroying ... Until the advent of nuclear marine propulsion]], most twentieth-century ...

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 ...

nuclear and conventional disarmament, nuclear-weapon-free zones, reduction ... of the world, including the five major nuclear-weapon states (the People's ...

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 ...

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 ...

each other without the threat of all-out nuclear strikes (although limited ... to avoid any international and potential nuclear incidents. ...

(Bundesvorstand) and campaigned against nuclear weapons and the equipping ... deployment of United States medium-range nuclear missiles in Western Europe ...

most militarized nation, and has active nuclear and ballistic missile weapons ... As a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program, the Six-party ...

Iceland to discuss reducing intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe. To the immense surprise of both men's advisers, the two agreed in principle ...

production of the A-4 as a "vengeance weapon" and the group developed ... 2," "Retaliation/Vengeance Weapon 2") for propaganda purposes ...

spectrometry, interferometry, radar, and nuclear fusion. He continued working ... field, Anti-missile, Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), Electro Optic Counter ...

Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki ... World War, the shock of the first use of nuclear weapons and increasing belief ...

Treaty (1963) prohibited all test detonations of nuclear weapons except underground. *Camp David Accords (1978) agreement between Egypt and Israel ...

Solar thermal rockets and Nuclear thermal rockets typically propose to use liquid hydrogen for an Isp (Specific Impulse) of around 600-900 seconds ...

June 1948, the first Soviet test of a nuclear weapon in August 1949, the Communist ... * The Nuclear Delusion: Soviet-American Relations in the Atomic Age ...

Britain's successful development of a nuclear weapon, although the first successful test did not occur until 1952, after he left office. ...

chiefs had decided to use their new super-weapon to bring the war to a speedy ... by Col. Paul Tibbets, dropped a nuclear weapon named "Little Boy ...

in which he discussed the dangers of nuclear war and the moral threat ... to make the U.S. invulnerable to nuclear weapon missile attack, by means ...

TGV train and the turn towards reliance on nuclear power as France's main ... Giscard saw trade as a "weapon of peace," a term used by ...

who authorized the military use of this weapon.]] Truman had been Vice ... than expected and exploded its first weapon on August 29, 1949, commencing ...

been designed for medium-range stand-off nuclear missions in Europe and did ... Pearl Harbor attacks—was sunk by the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror ...

of Nuclear Weapons, making it a nuclear-weapon-free state, and in 2023, Comoros was invited as a non-member guest to the G7 summit in Hiroshima. ...

of robotics, ballistics, computer science, nuclear physics, and theoretical ... claims concerning a "teleforce" weapon [https://teslaresearch ...

* Radioactive pollutants produced by nuclear explosions and war explosives ... * Military, such as nuclear weapons, toxic gases, germ warfare and ...

to the NPT, and all permanent members are nuclear weapons states. ... nations officially recognized as "nuclear-weapon states" under the ...

which is shortened dramatically by a new Anti-Ice weapon. The book asks the question—what if nuclear weapons had existed in Victorian times? ...

usually lived close together with each nuclear family in a separate dwelling ... The most common hunting weapon before the introduction of European ...

Assembly in 1953, Eisenhower said that nuclear technology “must be put ... across the country was key in an era of nuclear paranoia and Soviet Union ...

by Vladimir Lenin as a "devastating weapon against countless conspiracies ... who provided the KGB with information on nuclear developments in Britain ...

Russell was a vigorous proponent of nuclear disarmament and an outspoken ... political causes, primarily related to nuclear disarmament and opposition ...

Hussein. Violence continues, used as a political weapon. ... regime's human rights abuses. Any nuclear ambitions had been thwarted ...

detonators or slapper detonators in nuclear weapons and other specialty weapons. Experimental work is under way using banks of capacitors as ...

* "Torness," headland and site of Nuclear Power Station ... archdemon"; "it is the celestial weapon, the thunderbolt accompanying ...

terrorist groups and attempting to develop nuclear weapons. In 1997, Mohammad ... to denounce Iran for allegedly developing nuclear weapons. In October 2003 ...

of the Soviet Union testing almost 500 nuclear weapons, above ground and ... Test Site, the USSR's main nuclear weapon test site was founded ...

*Kaimingye germ weapon attack *Changteh Chemical Weapon Attack *Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi ...

On July 7, 1981, the Israeli Air Force bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor ... that it believes Israel to possess nuclear weapons, an assertion the ...

blue, spectacular lightning and forging such weapon (which is hard and very expensive) may still end up cheaper than equivalent digital post-processing ...

computed tomography, ultrasonography, and nuclear magnetic resonance tomography ... * Nuclear medicine is concerned with studying human organ systems ...

However, Libya publicly gave up any nuclear aspirations after the U ... the use of oil embargoes as a political weapon for challenging the West ...

to signal detection of missile launches, nuclear detonations, and other high ... The GPS satellites also carry nuclear detonation detectors, which ...

versa), most notably the strong and weak nuclear forces, which were not well ... that the Third Reich might be developing nuclear weapons based on their own ...

designed as a principal strategic weapon never realized their potential ... that battleships still were a lethal weapon. The indecision of Admiral ...

landslides, large meteorite impacts, and nuclear weapons testing at sea all ... at one of the world's most powerful nuclear power plants. At least seven ...

something more important than the ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position—the ... over, counted down from ten to zero and a nuclear bomb exploded. The message ...

in every three Egyptian soldiers had an anti-tank weapon. "Never before had such intensive anti-tank fire been brought to bear on the battlefield ...

those resulting from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in ... force, equipped with the third largest nuclear weapon arsenal in the world ...

disciplines are the development of nuclear weapons, the Three Gorges Dam, the design and use of Sports Utility Vehicles and the extraction of ...

Colorado. The Denver area is home to the former nuclear weapons plant Rocky Flats and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In 2005, a $310 ...

maneuvers, or the testing of any type of weapon. Military personnel or equipment ... *Article 5--prohibits nuclear explosions or disposal of radioactive wastes; ...

The domestic unit is either a nuclear family, or two generations in one household, tending to include the husband's parents. In urban areas ...

troops into battle, often without a weapon of his own. Begins to develop ... scale war with China and, if necessary, nuclear war with the Soviet Union ...

International Business Machines Corporation (known as IBM or "Big Blue;" IBM ) is a multinational computer technology and consulting ...

of this formidable opponent using the weapon of ostracism. The ostensible ... Hegemonic Rivalry: From Thucydides to the Nuclear Age (Westview Press, 1991 ...

of the period, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, egalitarianism ... that the law should not be used as a weapon to advance special interests. ...

the 1963 treaty banning above-ground testing of nuclear weapons. The much-improved data from the WWSSN instruments allowed seismologists to map precisely ...

that reduce access to biological, chemical, nuclear, and other weapons are recommended to reduce collective violence. World Health Organization, ...

The Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated, was one ... especially after 1949, when the U.S. nuclear monopoly ended with the ...

medicine, navigation, metallurgy, mass production, nuclear power, rocketry, and computers have been completely or partially driven by war. ...