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A absolutely gigantic amount! First you need to mine hundreds of tons of uranium ore, then you need to purify it, by conversion to uranium hexaflouride. I will not go into the detail of this process, but the resulting uranium hexaflouride is VERY toxic. THen the uranium hexaflouride needs to go through one of two processes: gaseous diffusion of ultra-high speed centrifuging. The first dydtem is the one used for bulk U-235 (the resulting weapons grade uranium) during the Manhattan project. It uses baffles and filters (made of things like tungsten-zirconium alloys) to separate the U-238 (the depleted uranium that makes up 95% of the uranium ore) form the U-235. The second process is centrifuging, where the uranium hexafluoride is spun at 500 MPH until the heavier U-238 is separated. The uranium is the only really expensive part in a gun-type weapon, but the big weapons,fusion bombs use plutonium which production is to complicated to go over here.
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How much does it cost to send nuclear waste to sun?
This process is impossible.
How much does it cost to make an observatory?
too much
How much does a nuclear medicine technologist make?
£26, 000
Does lightning produce more power than nuclear fusion?
no the real question is how much rain does it take to make an egg grow
What is cost of uranium?
Depending very much on the chemical or physical form, purity, enrichment, etc.For nuclear grade powder of natural uranium dioxide: ca. 100 $/kg.
How much uranium is needed to make a nuclear weapon?
it cost 4oo dallors of material and the same as 40,000 gerdans
How much damage can a nuclear war make?
We have the ability to destroy the world with one nuclear weapon. An entire nuclear war could destroy the entire solar system if we had the opportunity to.
How does the energy released by an earthquake compare to the energy of a nuclear weapon?
* Earthquake Richter 5.0 = 32 kilotons nuclear weapon, like was used at Nagasaki * Earthquake Richter 6.0 = 1 megaton nuclear weapon * Earthquake Richter 7.0 = 32 megaton nuclear weapon * Earthquake Richter 7.1 = 50 megaton nuclear weapon, Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever tested * Earthquake Richter 8.0 = 1 gigaton nuclear weapon, much larger than anything ever made
How much does it cost to make a nuclear bomb in 2012?
No one's built a nuclear weapon in over 15 years, except for experiments in North Korea. America hasn't built any for almost 40 years. That said adjusting for inflation, it would cost roughly $150,000-$200,000 dollars; less if you buy preprepared fissile fuel.
How much does a Bauer 25cal.automatic rifle cost?
No such weapon.
Can you miss with a nuclear weapon?
Yes! A nuclear weapon (especially a small one (as much as small can be applied to nuclear weapons)) can miss enough to render the weapon tactically ineffective. This could happen with ICMS if the guidance system failed, sending the weapons (in a MIRV) into the ocean, or onto a remote piece of land.
Are centrifuges used to make nuclear weapons?
Centrifuges are one method of enriching Uranium. Depending on how much you enrich it the Uranium can be usable as either reactor fuel or nuclear weapon explosive.Other methods of enrichment include:gaseous diffusioncalutronsthermal diffusion
What was the toal cost in damage of Nagasaki?
In Nagasaki 80% of the buildings collapsed. Those which remained standing were a hazard to people and had to be blown off. In the US, the cost of cleaning up the radioactive pollution created by the nuclear weapons complex has been estimated at US $ 365 billion, almost as much as the cost of building a nuclear weapon.
How much does it take to break down a nuclear weapon into its raw resources?
it takes more than 2min.
How much should a used m16 22 colt cost?
No such weapon.
What is the difference between a bomb and an nuclear bomb?
Basically, a conventional bomb uses a chemical explosive as the source of its destructive power. A nuclear weapon uses nuclear material to create an explosion. A nuclear explosion is much larger, and also emits ionizing radiation. A chemical weapon does not emit any radiation. A nuclear weapon's yield is measured in Kilotons (thousand tons). In very simplified terms, this means that a nuclear weapon with a 475 kiloton yield produces an explosion comparable to 475,000 tons of TNT (TNT is a chemical explosive). That's A LOT of TNT and it would take up a bit of space. A nuclear weapon with this yield may only be a few feet long and a foot wide, and the actual nuclear material may be the size of a grapefruit.
How much is the ultimate weapon pack cost in wild ones?
It cost 19.80 cents or 198 credits.
