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How did static shock get his powers?

he was in the gang war when some guys in a helicopter exploded nuclear gas that gave him powers


What is a good title for your paper on nuclear energy?

I chose 'Nuclear Powers Secondary Loop' because of nuclear energy up and comming behavior, and that in nuclear power a Secondary Loop absorbs heat and generates the electricity.


What is the strength of modern nuclear weapons?

Lets just say that the most powerfull nuke can annialate London 3 times over (most possibly). This is the Russian Tsar bomb, the 'father of all bambs'. A fireball 8 miles wide. Now that's big. But that is strategic nuclear weapons. Tactican nuclear weapons are a lot less powerfull. But still enougth to annialate a large army. For most of the Western powers (France, UK, USA), a typical strategic nuclear weapon is around 1/3 MT (350-380 kT), while tactical weapons generally are in the double-digit kiloTons (15-75kT, mostly). Those of Russian and Chinese make are typically a bit bigger for strategic weapons (about 1MT or so), mostly due to lower levels of accuracy of the weapon. The tactical weapons are about the same size as Western powers. India and Pakistan both deploy atomic weapons in both strategic and tactical roles, but the characteristics of both are not well know. It is thought that they use 100-200kT weapons in the strategic role, and 10-50kT weapons in the tactical role. The most typical measure of destruction of a nuclear weapon is the range at which it can produce a 5 psi overpressure wave. A 1 MT weapon detonated at the optimal height to maximize the 5 psi blast wave zone would have a 5 psi damage radius of about 3.2 miles. A 50 kT weapon would optimally have about a 1.2 mile radius 5 psi blast zone. Note that the power of a nuclear explosion goes up with the cube root of the yield. Thus, to make a bomb twice as powerful, you need to have 8 time the yield. Thus, a 1 MT bomb has a blast radius of about 10 times that of a 1 kT weapon.


Do nuclear reactions produce huge amounts of energy by transforming tiny amounts of matter?

Yes, it is actually annihilation of matter that produces the energy in nuclear fission, which is the reaction that powers power plants


What is nuclear energy prohibitive?

The term "nuclear energy prohibitive" means nuclear energy cannot be used. The exact reason depends on circumstances, but, in most cases, the problem is that nuclear power plant's output is constant, so, for example, if a nuclear plant powers a city, you need to divert excess power at night, when that city's consumption goes down. Hence, municipal electricity is nuclear energy prohibitive.

Related questions

Does Egypt have nuclear weapons?

Egypt is not believed or suspected to have nuclear weapons, or a nuclear weapons program, at this time (May 2009). See Related Link for a discussion of the world's nuclear powers.


What was the main purpose of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?

To prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations.


What technology did the U.S. and USS.R. possess that made them super powers?

Nuclear weapons made them super powers. Pure and simple.


What other nation of the world have nuclear weapons?

IRAQ, is not known to have any nuclear weaponsUSASoviet Union (now Russia)United KingdomFranceChinaOther known nuclear powers IndiaPakistanNorth Korea


Why did Russia and USA disagree in the cold war?

It's not so much that they didn't agree. It's more that they both were working to make nuclear weapons and they were both trying to become world powers through the use of nuclear weapons.


A major concern of western powers after the collapse of the Soviet Union was the?

large number of nuclear weapons that had been stockpiled in the republics


Which country is the powerful nuclear power?

The two main nuclear powers are Russia & US by at least an order of magnitude above other countries. Russia currently has slightly more weapons.


How many bombs would it take to destroy humanity?

Surprisingly few ! The 'super powers' have enough nuclear weapons between them - to destroy humanity many times over !


When did the us stop testing nuclear weapons?

The last U.S. above-ground (atmospheric) test was in 1963. The last U.S. underground test was in 1992. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (signed by many major powers) ended testeing of all kinds, atmospheric or underground, in 1992. The U.S. models (with supercomputers) characteristics of nuclear weapons 'explosions' in order to 'test' its weapons designs.


The United States Russia China Britain France India Pakistan North Korea and Israel have the nuclear weapons. Why other countries are not allowed to have nuclear weapons?

Answer 1This is mainly due to the technology. Some countries who are in possession of technology and raw material , because of political reasons maintaining their supremacy moral policing type towards those which do not have. Also they wanted to create a sense of fear among them for themselves.Answer 2The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty sets out that only the US, UK, France, Russia, and China are allowed to have nuclear weapons, since the treaty was written at a point when all five were nuclear powers already. Most countries signed the treaty and so the requirement to not have nuclear weapons was binding on them. India, Pakistan, and Israel did not sign the treaty, so the restriction was never binding on them. North Korea has nuclear weapons illegally and has been sanctioned on that account.


What were the origins of the cold war that emerged from the diplomacy and conflicting goals of the super powers in world war 2?

The origins of Cold war cosist in unballance of military powers. East had a huge amount of conventional weapons and it caused the decision of West to defend itself with the help of the nuclear weapons. This started the long lasting arms race.


What is good about nuclear fields?

Because you can blow people with the nuclear powers