A brief history of missing US nuclear weapons
Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...
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Oklo: Earth’s only natural nuclear reactor is a 2-billion-year-old atomic wonder
This elevated concentration was crucial as it allowed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction, something that is meticulously replicated in the fuel enrichment process of contemporary nuclear reactors.
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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 possible. When slowed down and controlled in a "uranium machine" (nuclear ...
As tensions rise, Canada to lean on U.S. for uranium enrichment
Canada could elect to build its own enrichment capacity but according to one expert it would cost at least $100-billion and ...
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The first nuclear reactor, explained
Learn more here. In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained ...
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Critical mass in truck technology choices
Critical mass is a physics term describing the point at which there is sufficient density to attain a sustained nuclear chain ...
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How the U.S. determines whether its nuclear weapons still work properly
The United States maintains an arsenal of thousands of nuclear weapons, but it hasn't tested one in decades. Instead, the U.S. is using simulations and experiments to see if the nukes still work.