A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. When a nuclear device is exploded, a large fireball is created. Everything inside of this fireball vaporizes, including soil and water, and is carried upwards. This creates the mushroom cloud that we associate with a nuclear blast, detonation, or explosion. Radioactive material from the nuclear device mixes with the vaporized material in the mushroom cloud. As this vaporized radioactive material cools, it becomes condensed and forms particles, such as dust. The condensed radioactive material then falls back to the earth; this is what is known as fallout. Because fallout is in the form of particles, it can be carried long distances on wind currents and end up miles from the site of the explosion. Fallout is radioactive and can cause contamination of anything on which it lands, including food and water supplies. A nuclear detonation creates a severe environment including blast, thermal pulse, neutrons, x- and gamma-rays, radiation, electromagnetic pulse (EMP), and ionization of the upper atmosphere.
the nuclear kind
None, that is for water type reactors, PWR and BWR.
Current nuclear reactors rely on nuclear fission as their nuclear reaction.
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fission
That depends on what type of warhead its equipped with. ICBM's are usually fitted with Nuclear warheads which cause massive destruction such as being able to level an entire city say the size of New York or Los Angeles in a single blast. However that said ICBM's just as easily be fitted with non-nuclear warheads and these have several different levels of explosive yield. To answer this simply. With a non-nuclear warhead: Big explosion. With a nuclear warhead: Gigantic.
Do you mean types? For instance like the W80 warhead, B61 bomb, W88 warhead, B83 bomb... Or do you mean types? Spherical Implosion Weapon? Gun-Type weapon? Linear Implosion weapon? Or do you mean the code names given to some of them like the "Davey Crockett" or "Little Boy" or "Fat Man" or "Swan"
nuclear fission and nuclear fusion
the nuclear kind
None, that is for water type reactors, PWR and BWR.
That is called nuclear energy.
nuclear is a type of electricity
No, nuclear is a type of energy that is renewable.
Iran does not at this time have any nuclear weapons, but could easily build a few in the next couple of years. There is no real secret about building fission type nuclear explosives. The main limiting factor is access to weapons grade uranium and/or plutonium.
A type of nuclear reaction
Current nuclear reactors rely on nuclear fission as their nuclear reaction.
Nuclear fission