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The reason is that there are many people around the world who are uneducated in the nuclear power field and therefore still assume the stereotypical nuclear meltdown or mutations will occur and as such, oppose their construction vehemently. Also, it is quite expensive to develop and build such plants.

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What is the biggest challenge of nuclear fusion?

Getting it to work in a controllable continuous way and producing more power output than the power input.


What is a nuclear-tipped missiles?

A rocket or unmanned airplane with one or more nuclear warheads as its payload.


How many more times can a nuclear explosions be more powerful than the largest conventional weapon?

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If you had a nuclear war who would win?

no one because the nuclear nations would destroy each other Edit: (My opinion). I do not think that is true; Mainly because I am leaning on Russia winning a Nuclear war due to its far more superior number in nuclear power (11,00-15,000 estimated) than the U.S.A's (8,000-10,000 estimated). Also Russia is too big of a land to destroy and not to forget Russia has the most powerfull Nuclear Warhead: The Tolop-M. Also If Russia does not win. Nations wouldn't destroy each other and end it all. There would ALWAYS be survivors to tell the truth and their is ALWAYS a country that wins, and if there were a Nuclear War. That country would most probably be Russia. ^^^^ This guy is a total ideot. If there was a nuclear war, EVERYONE would loose. And do some research. The Tsar Bomb is the largest. If there was a nuclear war then russia and the usa would be the mostlikely targets due to their size. And i doubt it would be all vs all. The USA, UK, France, India Vs North Korea, China, Pakistan and Russia could be an example. Besides, nuclear wars arent going to happen. If you nuke someone you are basically nuking yourself.


What was a goal of president Truman ordering research of the hydrogen bomb?

WW2 ended with the nuclear attack on Japan. The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered the consciences of the nuclear bomb. With the United States using these powerful weapons, Russia begun research on the nuclear bomb and in a period of time, they got their nuclear bomb ready. The nations in power were in the "who got the most powerful bomb" race. The nuclear arms race was central to the Cold War. Many feared where the Cold War was going with the belief that the more nuclear weapons you had, the more powerful you were. Both America and Russia massively built up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. The world greatly changed when USA exploded the H-bomb in 1952. This one bomb was smaller in size than the Hiroshima atomic bomb but 2500 times more powerful. The Russians produced an H-bomb in 1953 and the world became a much more dangerous place.

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