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What are the two basic types of nuclear weapon?
Fission and fusion. All fusion boms are trigered by a fission weapon.
What do you mean by nuclear accidents and can you explain two basic types of nuclear weapons?
A nuclear accident is the unintended release of nuclear radiation into the environment, such as damage to a nuclear reactor or to a nuclear weapon (plane crash carrying nuclear bombs, etc). The two basic forms of nuclear weapons are fission and fusion weapons.
What has the author Alan Martin Jacobs written?
Alan Martin Jacobs has written: 'Basic principles & nuclear science reactors'
How is nuclear energy converted into energy people can use?
in the nuclear process of generating power immense heat is relaesed and heats water to steam and turns a turbine. this is the same basic principle for fission and fusion
How does fission happen?
Fission is a nuclear reaction where the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei, along with the release of a large amount of energy and more neutrons. This process is triggered by bombarding the atom with a neutron, causing it to become unstable and break apart. Fission is the principle behind nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons.
What was the Nazis plan for the atomic bomb?
Not much, they started a project on nuclear bombs but estimated they would win the war before a bomb could be finished. So they scaled the project back to basic research on reactors, with the goal of build power reactors after the war was won.
What is the basic concept of nuclear fission?
The basic concept is that certain heavy nuclei, notably uranium 235 and plutonium 239, can be split or fissioned by capturing a neutron, giving rise to other lighter nuclei, further neutrons, and released energy. By careful arrangement of the nuclear fuel a chain reaction can be produced which is self-sustaining and produces a lot of thermal energy. See the link below for more reading
What fuel other then uranium can be used in a nuclear reactor?
In a pure fission bomb, none. Only high purity Uranium-235, Plutonium-239, or Uranium-233 are fissile and thus suitable as fission fuel. In a boosted fission bomb small amounts of fusion fuel can be added in a hollow pit construction: gaseous deuterium and/or gaseous tritium or solid lithium-deuteride.In a fusion bomb the fuel is solid lithium-deuteride. However the high energy (15 MeV) fusion neutrons can fission Uranium-238 used as the tamper causing it to provide as much as 90% of the final yield.Fuels:U235U233P239DTLiDU238 only with 15 MeV fusion neutrons
Did the Germans work on developing nuclear weapons during World War 2?
yes, but for many reasons they made mistakes that prevented progress. By 1943 they had decided it would not be practical to build nuclear bombs before they won the war with conventional weapons & they scaled their program back to mostly basic research aimed at building nuclear power reactors after they won the war.
How is nuclear energy is useful?
NUCLEAR DEBATE 1)Proponents of nuclear energy assert that nuclear power is a compact, reliable sustainable energy source that reduces carbon emissions and increases energy security. Proponents highlight that nuclear energy's operational safety record is already very good when compared to other major power plant technologies. They claim that the risks of waste and other environmental impacts are small compared to other sources of electricity and can be further reduced by improved technology in new reactors. 2)Mainly to produce electricity. Also to produce radio-isotopes for medical and industrial use 3)The two "basic types" of nuclear energy are based on fission and fussion. Fission is basically atom splitting. Fusion is the forcing together of nuclei and causing them to fuse, to stick together, and to form a new nucleus. In both nuclear reactions, a lot of heat is generated. The reactions can be set up to occur "really fast" and release energy all at one. This the idea behind the nuclear weapons. There is another idea. Because the primary useful energy released in nuclear reactions is heat, that heat can be captured to do useful work. At present, we can't do any "controlled fusion" and capture heat to generate electric power. But we can use fission to our advantage to make heat to boil water to generate steam to turn a turbine to turn a generator and make electricity. And we do this pretty well.
What are the basic force?
Gravitational, Strong Nuclear, Weak Nuclear, and Electromagnetic.
What are the 13 basic features of financial accounting?
13 basic features of financial accounting?
