Nuclear Weapons

There were no reports of a nuclear explosion in Germany between 1990-1992. Germany does not have a history of nuclear weapons testing and there have been no instances of nuclear explosions in the country during that time period.

• An uncontrolled neutron chain reaction in a supercritical mass of fissile material.
• Very high temperature and pressure, enough to ignite thermonuclear fusion in fusion fuel.

Applications of plutonium:

• explosive in nuclear weapons

• nuclear fuel in nuclear power reactors

• the isotope 238Pu is used as energy source in spacecrafts or other applications (radioisotope thermoelectric generators)

• neutron generator, as Pu-Be source

A supercritical mass of fissile material rapidly assembled with explosives, then triggered by a carefully timed pulse of neutrons from a neutron source. That's about as simple and general as it gets.

Nuclear power plants do not destroy the world. While there are risks associated with nuclear power, such as accidents and radioactive waste disposal, when operated safely and responsibly, nuclear power can provide a reliable source of clean energy. Stringent regulations and safety measures are in place to minimize these risks and ensure the safe operation of nuclear power plants.

There are 2 main nuclear weapons labs. 1 at Los Alamos, NM (established 1943) and 1 at Livermore, CA (established 1952). Each weapons lab eventually had a nearby branch of Sandia Labs (Los Alamos in Kirkland AFB in Albquequeque, NM and Livermore nearby in Livermore, CA) that designed the non-nuclear parts of the weapons. Once designed and prototypes built and tested production was moved to a factory like PANTEX outside Amarillo, TX. Dozens of facilities across the country supplied these labs and factories with nuclear and non-nuclear components; including Hanford, WA (plutonium metal), Oakridge, TN (enriched uranium metal), Fernald, OH (plutonium and uranium extrusions and machined parts), etc.

The principle of a hydrogen bomb involves the fusion of hydrogen isotopes (deuterium and tritium) to release an immense amount of energy. This fusion reaction is triggered by the intense heat and pressure generated by a fission reaction, typically from a plutonium or uranium bomb. The result is a highly powerful and destructive explosion.

Nuclear power plants have multiple safety features in place to prevent accidents, such as redundancies in cooling systems, containment structures, and strict regulatory oversight. Reactors are also designed to shut down automatically in case of a malfunction. Additionally, ongoing inspections and maintenance help ensure the safe operation of the plant.

Well if you don't know its a bomb and its actually called nuclear bomb, nuke is short for nuclear. It has the power to destroy a whole NATION. And to answer your other question it looks a missle. if don't know what a missle looks like, you can look up Missles and or nuclear bomb on Google images

electrical - about 1000Mwatt, physical - varies with design, can't give exact figure.

The reactor itself, in a typical 1 GW plant, is smaller than you might think: about the size of a large bathroom or small bedroom. The containment vessel is comparatively huge, and largely empty.

A nuclear bomb is any bomb with any nuclear or atomic material inside it, while a plutonium bomb is a specific type of nuclear bomb. Plutonium could be the nuclear material inside the bomb, and if it is, it's a plutonium bomb.

There is a huge propaganda push by the nuclear industry to justify nuclear power as a panacea for the reduction of global-warming gases. At present there are 442 nuclear reactors in operation around the world. If, as the nuclear industry suggests, nuclear power were to replace fossil fuels on a large scale, it would be necessary to build 2000 large, 1000-megawatt reactors. Considering that no new nuclear plant has been ordered in the US since 1978, this proposal is less than practical. Furthermore, even if we decided today to replace all fossil-fuel-generated electricity with nuclear power, there would only be enough economically viable uranium to fuel the reactors for three to four years.

The true economies of the nuclear industry are never fully accounted for. The cost of uranium enrichment is subsidised by the US government. The true cost of the industry's liability in the case of an accident in the US is estimated to be $US560billion ($726billion), but the industry pays only $US9.1billion - 98per cent of the insurance liability is covered by the US federal government. The cost of decommissioning all the existing US nuclear reactors is estimated to be $US33billion. These costs - plus the enormous expense involved in the storage of radioactive waste for a quarter of a million years - are not now included in the economic assessments of nuclear electricity.

It is said that nuclear power is emission-free. The truth is very different.

In the US, where much of the world's uranium is enriched, including Australia's, the enrichment facility at Paducah, Kentucky, requires the electrical output of two 1000-megawatt coal-fired plants, which emit large quantities of carbon dioxide, the gas responsible for 50per cent of global warming.

Also, this enrichment facility and another at Portsmouth, Ohio, release from leaky pipes 93per cent of the chlorofluorocarbon gas emitted yearly in the US. The production and release of CFC gas is now banned internationally by the Montreal Protocol because it is the main culprit responsible for stratospheric ozone depletion. But CFC is also a global warmer, 10,000 to 20,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

The element is einsteinium, with the atomic number 99. It was first discovered in the debris of the first thermonuclear test, Ivy Mike, in 1952. Einsteinium does not occur in nature and is typically produced by bombarding plutonium or uranium with neutrons in a nuclear reactor.

A hydrogen bomb, also known as a thermonuclear bomb, is a type of nuclear weapon that derives its energy from nuclear fusion reactions. It involves the fusion of hydrogen isotopes such as deuterium and tritium, which release enormous amounts of energy. Hydrogen bombs are significantly more powerful than atomic bombs.

No.

There were four reactors at the Chernobyl plant, one melted down in 1986, one was shut down permanently following a fire in 1991, and the other two stopped producing power in December of 2000. The plant is scheduled to be deconstructed.

There is a plan, announced in 2007, to build an improved sarcophagus for the reactor that melted down, as the original was very hastily designed and built, and cannot be relied on for any length of time.

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.

Pros: Highly destructive power can be a strong deterrent against aggression; can potentially end conflicts quickly.

Cons: Mass civilian casualties; long-term environmental impact from radiation; possibility of escalation and use in future conflicts.

The scientist who played a significant role in the invention of the nuclear bomb was J. Robert Oppenheimer. He was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project during World War II, which developed the first atomic bombs.

Your question is slightly off. You could ask how much energy plutonium has, since plutonium can be used as a fuel to run a nuclear power plant and to generate electricity (although the usual use of plutonium is to make atomic bombs - the normal fuel in nuclear power plants us uranium, not plutonium) but the element itself contains potential nuclear energy, not electricity. Nuclear energy can be converted into electricity. I will also note that it is can't be converted directly into electricity. It can be converted into heat, and the heat can be used to boil water to run a steam turbine which then generates electricity.

In terms of usable energy content, I am not going to give you an exact equivalence, but it is possible to create something like a 50 kiloton explosion (one equal to the explosive force of 50,000 tons of dynamite) with about 30 pounds of plutonium. So it contains a lot of energy.

Yes, nuclear bombs are real and have been developed and tested by several countries. These weapons derive their explosive power from nuclear reactions, which release enormous amounts of energy. The use of nuclear bombs is highly destructive and devastating, making them a major concern for global security.

A neutron bomb, or enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a type of tactical nuclear weapon designed specifically to release a large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation rather than explosive energy. Neutron bomb would use nuclear fusion, but in a different way. The detonation of a neutron bomb would still produce an explosion, but one much smaller than a standard nuclear weapon's. The main effect of a neutron bomb would be the release of high-energy neutrons that would take lives far beyond the blast area. The result: fewer buildings, cars, tanks, roads, highways and other structures destroyed.

No, Kenya does not have nuclear weapons. Kenya is a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and has consistently advocated for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.