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There are two types. the fission nuke, and the fusion nuke( hydrogen bomb.) fission is most common so... in fission, there are explosives outlining either 239plutonium or 235 uranium. Special timers go off, shooting a slow neutron particle at either uranium or plutonium, causing a nuclear chain reaction . Since the U or Pu is already very unstable, the one touch of the neutron decays the atoms, and shoots out unneeded energy along with neutrons, causing the explosives to detonate and explode, along with the radioactive atoms, causing nuclear waste fallout and extreme massive amounts of energy, incinerating anything in the blast's path.

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