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This is best explained in Glasstones's book The Effects of Nuclear Weapons.
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How many rads does a nuclear weapon produce?
That would vary from weapon to weapon.
Can a nuclear reactor be used as a nuclear weapon?
No. LLNL even tested several Uranium-Hydride bombs in the 1950s. Even though their computer models said the devices should explode, none gave a nuclear yield. One could use the waste from the reactor as a Radiological Weapon, but the reactor itself is not useful as a weapon.
What weapon is stronger than a nuke?
A tactical nuke is actually the one thats stronger than nuclear bomb nuke well a nuclear factory is not a weapon its stronger than it but its not a weapon
What is the biggest nuclear weapon?
The most powerful nuclear weapon detonated was the Tsar Bomb which was a 50 megaton thermo-nuclear bomb that was tested in October 30, 1961, in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago
What is the blast radius of the largest nuclear weapon?
35km
What happens if a nuclear weapon blows up in you face?
you die
What is the meaning of nuclear weapon?
The meaning of the word nuclear weapon, is a weapon that has a nuclear warhead on it.
What weapon was used for the first nuclear weapon?
fatman, little boy and trinity they are nuclear bombs used on japan (exept trinity) at the end of the second world war.
How does the energy released by an earthquake compare to the energy of a nuclear weapon?
* Earthquake Richter 5.0 = 32 kilotons nuclear weapon, like was used at Nagasaki * Earthquake Richter 6.0 = 1 megaton nuclear weapon * Earthquake Richter 7.0 = 32 megaton nuclear weapon * Earthquake Richter 7.1 = 50 megaton nuclear weapon, Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever tested * Earthquake Richter 8.0 = 1 gigaton nuclear weapon, much larger than anything ever made
Where and when has nuclear energy been used?
Nuclear weapon, nuclear (atomic) power stations. Also the Sun works on nuclear reactions.
When was the first nuclear weapon used?
1945 ending ww2
Where was the first nuclear weapon detonated?
The first nuclear weapon was used on Hiroshima , Japan . The first nuclear bomb test was conducted in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945 .
What weapon was not used in the Vietnam war?
Nuclear weapons were not used in the Vietnam War.
What modern weapon was not used in trench warfare?
The nuclear bomb was not used in trench warfare.
Which radioactive actinide was the primary explosive component of nuclear weapons?
This would be plutonium in modern nuclear weapons. Another actinide common in nuclear weapons is uranium. Nowadays this is usually found in the secondary of the weapon. The Little Boy weapon used against Hiroshima used uranium as the fissile material. This was a single stage weapon. A few other weapons also used uranium as the primary nuclear explosive.
What is a nuclear weapon in wich enormous energy is released by nuclear fission?
This nuclear weapon is called an atomic bomb or a nuclear bomb
Uses of nuclear energy in science?
nuclear energy is using the energy of science to be used as a weapon that has connections to science
