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US Produces First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Weapons Since 1989
Plutonium pits are hollow spheres that cause the nuclear explosion of these deadly weapons. Usually, a chemical explosion ...
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New prototype detector uses antimatter to detect nuclear radiation
Nuclear fission has long been a cornerstone of global energy production. With increasing energy demands, the International ...
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Nazis and the Bomb
By the end of the year the physicist Werner Heisenberg had calculated that nuclear fission chain reactions might be ... into "element 94," now called plutonium. Like uranium 235, element 94 ...
90 Seconds to Midnight: Surviving the Atomic Age | Opinion
As a warning about how close we are to atomic holocaust, the Doomsday Clock stands at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it ...
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Fermi creates controlled nuclear reaction
Fermi, among others, realized that nuclear fission was accompanied ... (If the chain reaction started with uranium, it also created a byproduct, plutonium, a better fuel for a nuclear weapon.) ...
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light water reactor
is the spent fuel from the fission reaction. These consist of roughly 3% waste isotopes, 1% plutonium isotopes, and 96% uranium isotopes. This waste is high in transuranic elements, which have ...
Editorial. Thorium route to generating power deserves a push
With the world’s largest reserves of 1.07 million tonnes, thorium is India’s second biggest energy resource, after coal— ...