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How much people will die if a nuclear warhead hit new york city?
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What is a nuke made of?
Nuke is slang for nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are nuclear warheads mounted on missiles for neighbourhood ( 200km to 1000km) or intercontinental delivery(>5000km as in case of icbm).Nuclear warhead consist of nuclear bomb. Fissonable plutonium is used as explosive. An uncontrolled fisson chain reaction catalysed by neutrons release so much heat and radiation that it can clean many sq kms of life.
Can a reentering nuclear warhead be stopped by a missile?
Possibly. A version of the Nike missile in the 1960s and some other systems later were designed with the intention of doing this. However it is a problem analogous to trying to shoot down a bullet shot from a gun to prevent it from hitting its target, however the reentry velocities are much higher than bullet velocities.The most promising idea considered for this (avoiding a nuclear warhead to intercept the nuclear warhead and destroy it) uses a method called kinetic kill where the missile carried a precision guided solid metal rod 20 to 30 feet long that collides directly into the target nuclear warhead. This requires a high velocity missile and highly miniaturized computers and thrusters on the metal rod. Only preliminary tests under somewhat unrealistic conditions have been tried (e.g. the target is carrying a RADAR transponder to help guide the metal rod to collision).
Can a nuclear warhead end the world?
One nuclear war head will not end the world even though it could cause a great deal of damage and loss of life. The problem would come if every country that has nuclear weapons started firing them back and forth at one another. Then, if enough of them were used, they could pretty much end the world as we know it.
How much power do an average nuclear weapon have?
enough to severely damage an entire city and take millions of lives
How much money does nuclear energy save people?
Nuclear plants are expensive to build but cheaper to run than fossil fuelled plants. Overall the cost delivered to consumers is much the same
How much uranium does it take to power a city?
For an answer it is necessary to know the number of inhabitants of the city, the industries located in the city, the envisaged type of the nuclear reactor, etc.
How do you start a debate about nuclear energy?
If you have a group of people together, start off by saying how much you approve of nuclear power, how much it benefits the earth, and how it should be expanded. This should provoke some discussion.
How much power is in a megaton bomb?
A 1 Megaton (million ton) nuclear warhead has the destructive power of 1 million tons of TNT.The measurement comes from the use of TNT's explosive power in quantity. The Trinity test site at Alamogordo, New Mexico, prior to the first nuclear test, was calibrated using TNT prior to the main test.
How much nuclear energy do people need to import to match their needs?
Nuclear energy supplies a proportion of electricity used, in the US this is about 19 percent, so a consumer imports that proportion of nuclear energy. The actual amount clearly depends on how much electricity that consumer uses.
How much do nuclear medical technicians earn?
How much do nuclear medical technicians earn?"
What does nuclear waste contain?
nuclear waste contains about 90 % of nuclear fuel but it is much harmful then nuclear itself.
What would happen to the US economy if a nuclear bomb was dropped on New York City?
It would be damaged so much as to be very hard to describe.
