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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
