Energy chief envisions US nuclear renaissance: restoring ‘pit’ production, localizing nuke power
Plutonium 'pits' and Small Modular Reactors are all part of Energy Secretary Chris Wright's early goals for his department.
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Why are nuclear weapons so difficult and dangerous to produce? 💥
July 16, 1945, marked a turning point in history with the first nuclear test, named Trinity, in the New Mexico desert in the ...
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Science: France’s Atomic Status
The fissionable substance in the French bomb was plutonium. The French have been producing plutonium since 1948, now get their supply from three reactors located at Marcoule, near Avignon in ...
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The first atomic bomb is detonated
On July 13, 1945, at a site called Trinity 100 km northwest of Alamogordo, a plutonium bomb was assembled and brought to the top of a tower. The test was postponed by thunderstorms. On July 16 ...
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Why Is Making Nuclear Weapons So Complicated? Unveiling the Secrets!
Since the first nuclear explosion in history during the Trinity test in 1945, nuclear weapons have significantly shaped the ...
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The remarkable story of the world's first atomic bomb and how Oppenheimer reacted to the historic moment
"Gadget," the first atomic bomb — a 6-foot sphere with a grapefruit-sized Plutonium core, covered in cables — was born out of the Albert Einstein-inspired Manhattan Project, and was detonated ...