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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.
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What type of nuclear reaction occurs in nuclear weapons?
the nuclear kind
How much co2 emission does a nuclear power plant give off?
None, that is for water type reactors, PWR and BWR.
What type of nuclear reaction is used in modern day nuclear reactors?
Current nuclear reactors rely on nuclear fission as their nuclear reaction.
What type of nuclear reaction is used to create power in nuclear power plants?
Nuclear fission
What type of reaction happens in a nuclear power plant?
Nuclear fission
How big is a ICBM explosion?
That depends on what type of warhead its equipped with. ICBM's are usually fitted with Nuclear warheads which cause massive destruction such as being able to level an entire city say the size of New York or Los Angeles in a single blast. However that said ICBM's just as easily be fitted with non-nuclear warheads and these have several different levels of explosive yield. To answer this simply. With a non-nuclear warhead: Big explosion. With a nuclear warhead: Gigantic.
What are some nuclear weapons?
Do you mean types? For instance like the W80 warhead, B61 bomb, W88 warhead, B83 bomb... Or do you mean types? Spherical Implosion Weapon? Gun-Type weapon? Linear Implosion weapon? Or do you mean the code names given to some of them like the "Davey Crockett" or "Little Boy" or "Fat Man" or "Swan"
What are the type of nuclear reactions?
nuclear fission and nuclear fusion
What type of nuclear reaction occurs in nuclear weapons?
the nuclear kind
How much co2 emission does a nuclear power plant give off?
None, that is for water type reactors, PWR and BWR.
What type of energy does nuclear have?
That is called nuclear energy.
Is nuclear better than electricity?
nuclear is a type of electricity
Is nuclear a kind of gas?
No, nuclear is a type of energy that is renewable.
Does Iran have the technology to send a nuclear warhead on a missile?
Iran does not at this time have any nuclear weapons, but could easily build a few in the next couple of years. There is no real secret about building fission type nuclear explosives. The main limiting factor is access to weapons grade uranium and/or plutonium.
Fusion is a type of what?
A type of nuclear reaction
What type of nuclear reaction is used in modern day nuclear reactors?
Current nuclear reactors rely on nuclear fission as their nuclear reaction.
What type of nuclear reaction is used to create power in nuclear power plants?
Nuclear fission
