- nuclear weapons
- armors
- projectiles
The only nuclear weapons ever used in war were the US's MK-1 Uranium gun bomb and MK-3 Plutonium implosion bomb.
Hiroshima bomb: uranium Nagasaki bomb: plutonium
Uranium enrichment plantsPrototype plutonium production reactor & design of plutonium production reactors used in Hanford, WA
Pitchblende is uranium ore, so any nuclear weapon which used uranium in some form or other (tamper, core, used with plutonium, secondary casing) would need uranium, which is initially obtained from the mining and refining of pitchblende, for example, Little Boy.
Fat Man (plutonium a-bomb) and Little Boy (uranium a-bomb)
- Enriched uranium is used as explosive in some nuclear weapons. Depleted uranium is used for: - armors - projectiles - ballast
Its one of only 2 elements that have fissile isotopes, the other is plutonium which must be manufactured from uranium in reactors.
Depleted Uranium Is a War Crime was created in 2006.
Uranium is not used in biology.
Uranium is not used in medicines.
Uranium is not used in medicine.
1. Uranium is used as an explosive in fission bombs. 2. Uranium is not used in medicine.
To produce uranium
No. Uranium is generally used in solid form.
Uranium is not used in the petroleum industry.
Uranium and plutonium are both actinides that are used in nuclear reactors.
Uranium is not a fossil fuel; uranium is used as nuclear fuel for nuclear power reactors.