fission bomb — noun a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239) • Syn: ↑atom bomb, ↑atomic bomb, ↑A bomb, ↑plutonium bomb • Hypernyms: ↑nuclear weapon,… … Useful english dictionary
Nuclear fission — For the generation of electrical power by fission, see Nuclear power. Splitting the atom redirects here. For the EP, see Splitting the Atom. Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusio … Wikipedia
Boosted fission weapon — A boosted fission weapon usually refers to a type of nuclear bomb that uses a small amount of fusion fuel to increase the rate, and thus yield, of a fission reaction. The neutrons released by the fusion reactions add to the neutrons released in… … Wikipedia
Gun-type fission weapon — Gun type fission weapons are fission based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the gun method: shooting one piece of sub critical material into another. Although this is sometimes… … Wikipedia
plutonium trigger — noun a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives • Syn: ↑plutonium pit • Hypernyms: ↑trigger • Part Holonyms: ↑atom bomb, ↑atomic bomb, ↑A bomb, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Orders of magnitude (energy) — Different orders of magnitude of natural energy production for solar, wind and geothermal versus average global consumption rate (1 W = 1 J/s) This list compares various energies in joules (J), organized by order of magnitude. List of orders of… … Wikipedia
Teller-Ulam design — The Teller–Ulam design is a nuclear weapon design which is used in megaton range thermonuclear weapons, and is more colloquially referred to as the secret of the hydrogen bomb . It is named after two of its chief contributors, Hungarian born… … Wikipedia
Teller–Ulam design — The basics of the Teller–Ulam design. Radiation from a primary fission bomb compresses a secondary section containing both fission and fusion fuel. The compressed secondary is heated from within by a second fission explosion. The Teller–Ulam… … Wikipedia
Nuclear reactor — Core of CROCUS, a small nuclear reactor used for research at the EPFL in Switzerland This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction. Most commonly they are… … Wikipedia
Nuclear reactor technology — This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power .A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear bomb, in which the chain reaction occurs in a… … Wikipedia
History of the Teller–Ulam design — This article chronicles the history and origins of the Teller Ulam design, the technical concept behind modern thermonuclear weapons, also known as the hydrogen bomb. HistoryTeller s Super The idea of using the energy from a fission device to… … Wikipedia