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Yes. Many countries around the world test nuclear bombs frequently. Most of these tests are underground or under water for secrecy reasons. The only other nuclear explosion used in war was the bombing of Nagasaki by the Americans, about a week after Hiroshima. The awsome (I use that word in its old-fashioned sense) effects of those two explosions caused the Japanese to surrender and World War Two to come to an end.
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Does a meganova exist?
No, at least, it is not a common astronomical term. A supernova is a gigantic star explosion; the most energetic once have recently been called hypernova.
How is the sun related to nuclear energy?
The sun is a star, and it is also a nuclear fusion reactor. It is fusing hydrogen into helium to create energy via what we call the proton-proton nuclear reaction. Our local star has been doing this for billions of years, and will continue to do so for billions more.
What are today's modern uses for the mineral Topaz besides jewelry?
The topaz gemstone has been known and used for 2000 years. Besides Jewelry, topaz is used for cutting material and woodworking. Also it can be used for sharp tools for farming.
How many Tsar Bomba size nuclear explosions would be required to cause a nuclear winter?
It depends on where they are set off, as nuclear winter is precipitated mostly by the transfer of materials such as smoke and soot from flammable cities (not just nuclear materials) from the blast site into the upper atmosphere.The Tsar Bomba detonation was scaled back from 100 megatons to 50 megatons to mitigate nuclear fallout, not nuclear winter, and it was not detonated over a city.It is estimated, from a 2007 study, that one third of the world's arsenal could release 50 Tg (teragrams) of smoke, and reduce global temperatures by -3°C to -4°C for years, with half that shift persisting for more than a decade. There might be more than a -20°C shift in North America, and more than -15°C in Eurasia, covering all agricultural areas.This would be comparable to the ice age of 18,000 years ago, and would devastate the planet. Even a "small" conflict, involving "50 Hiroshima scale weapons", less than 100 kilotons each, very small in comparison to today's weapons, would be terrible. The study has been criticized, but I believe it to be accurate.
Can nuclear fuel be used for space ships?
It already has been used on a number of exploration vehicles... including the famous voyager 2.
Has there ever been a nuclear explosion?
Yes, Hiroshima, Nagasaki were both bombed with Nuclear weaponsChernobyl was a nuclear powerplant that suffered a meltdown, and a nuclear explosionAnd there were countless Nuclear testsThere was NO nuclear explosion at Chernobyl! The explosion was a steam explosion that blew the roof off the building and maybe 1/4 of the reactor contents up in the air, all immediate debris landed within a short distance of the plant. Then the graphite moderator of the reactor core caught fire carrying radioactive smoke that dropped fallout on millions of surrounding square miles. If it had had a containment building as all US nuclear power plants are required, to the steam explosion and fire would have been completely contained with no offsite contamination!The number of nuclear tests is quite countable, see: Swords of Armageddon by Chuck Hansen.
Has there ever been an nuclear bomb hit Texas?
There has never been a nuclear explosion in the state of Texas
What is a sentence with the words Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only two cities to have been bombed with a nuclear bomb.
What 2 cities have been hit with a nuclear bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Was there ever been a nuclear explosion in the US?
There have been many nuclear explosion in the US in places like, Nevada and New Mexico. In anger against the US no. Japan still remains the only country in the world to be bomb in anger with nuclear weapons.
What cities have been attacked with nuclear bombs?
Only two cities in Japan have been attacked with nuclear bombs at the end of WW2: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
When was the first time nuclear bombs had been used?
August 6, 1945 - Hiroshima Japan
Where was nuclear bomb used?
Nuclear weapons have been used in war twice- both times in 1945, when the US bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Where has nuclear energy first been used?
Hiroshima 1945. For peaceful purposes, Calder Hall UK 1956
Where has nuclear been used?
If you mean weapons in combat: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If you mean something else, clarify the question.
What is the worst affect of a nuclear explosion?
well there has never been a very big nuclear explosion but it probably the pollution after it. Yes it would be the radiation the pollution and would affect the world for years to pass killing everything left in the world
Why was there nuclear warfare?
There has not been nuclear warfare. There have been two nuclear attacks. Nuclear warfare denotes the use of nuclear weapons by both or all opposing sides. The only use of nuclear weapons in warfare were the two bombings by the US of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and it was the intent of the US to bring WW2 with Japan to a quicker conclusion.
