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Can nuclear power plants produce materials that can be converted to nuclear weapons?
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∙ 10y ago
most cannot, as to produce weapons grade plutonium the fuel cycle must be made very very short. however soviet RBMK reactors and the US hanford N reactor were designed explicitly to produce both electric power and weapons grade plutonium.
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What is the name of people who make nuclear weapons?
There is no specific name for people who create nuclear weapons.
When fission is not controlled how is it used?
Reactions that involve nuclei, called nuclear reactions, result in a tremendous amount of energy. Two types are fission and fusion.
Describe the difference between weapons grade and reactor grade nuclear fuel?
Uranium in nature is only about 0.7% 235U. In order to have a chain reaction, the percentage of 235U must be increased by enrichment. The percentages of 235U in nuclear reactors are generally low, about 3% to 5%. For bombs, the percentage is generally 85% or more.
How did Enrico Fermi invent the nuclear reactor?
He was in charge of a team which first demonstrated that a nuclear chain reaction could be produced. This was in December 1942 and was done under the Manhattan Project during WW2, under very secret security at the time, in Chicago. The techniques were applied to the much larger reactors built at Hanford Wa which produced the required plutonium for weapons. None of these reactors produced electricity.
Can you destroy a building?
Yes, buildings have been destroyed with nuclear weapons (find some photos of Hiroshima or Nagasaki Japan). Conventional explosives were used in WW 2 to bomb cities. Commercial explosives are used today in demolition to bring buildings down.
Who can build nuclear weapons?
almost anyone that can get the materials
What is the definition of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex?
All the facilities used by the US to prepare the materials for nuclear weapons, build nuclear weapons, design and test new nuclear weapons. This is all lead by the Department Of Energy.
Is it possible to undo atomic or nuclear weapons once made?
Yes, nuclear weapons can be scrapped. The radioactive materials can be used in nuclear power plants.
What is the proliferation of the nuclear weapons?
In the most basic sense, proliferation of nuclear weapons is the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons usable technology in the world. In a much broader sense, it refers to the acquiring of capability to produce nuclear weapons, or weapons-grade nuclear material (high-enriched uranium, plutonium) by states previously not possessing them.
Is China a Nuclear free zone?
China is not a nuclear free zone. They have many nuclear weapons. Though China has a nuclear policy which states that they are not allowed to produce,fire, or give away these weapons.
Are retired nuclear weapons still usable?
No, they are taken apart and the materials stored.
How is uranium converted to a useable resource?
Uranium is extracted from the earth by mining; after this it is processed by chemical/metallurgical procedures in useful materials as nuclear fuels, nuclear weapons, chemicals for the industry and laboratory etc.
What is the oak ridge nuclear plant?
It is the facility built to produce nuclear material for the US Atomic weapons program.
What do nuclear weapons contain?
Everything an ordinary bomb or warhead would contain plus special nuclear materials. The important thing though is the arrangement of the various materials.
Why plutonium is important?
Plutonium is used as nuclear fuel for nuclear reactors to produce electric energy. Also plutonium is indispensable for nuclear weapons.
What are common uses of nuclear energy?
Most uses include energy and weapons although some nuclear energy is used for materials.
Does China have a nuclear weapon?
Japan doesn't want any nuclear weapons.But Japan can easily produce nuclear weapons if it wanted to. It has the technology to build nuclear weapons within 1 year-- probably a few months if it wanted.However, most Japanese people are against nuclear weapons. Therefore, they do not have nuclear weapons.
