irradiated uranium
1uranium processing — Introduction preparation of the ore for use in various products. Uranium (U), although very dense (19.1 grams per cubic centimetre), is a relatively weak, nonrefractory metal. Indeed, the metallic properties of uranium appear to be… …
2Uranium-236 — Infobox isotope background = #fc6 text color = isotope name = Uranium 236 isotope filename = alternate names = mass number =236 symbol =U num neutrons =144 num protons =92 abundance =< 10^ 10 halflife = 2.348 x10^7 years error halflife = decay… …
3Uranium tetrachloride — Chembox new Name = Uranium tetrachloride ImageFile = UCl4.jpg ImageName = Uranium Tetrachloride IUPACName = Tetrachlorouranium OtherNames = Uranium (IV) Chloride Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 10026 10 5 Section2 = Chembox Properties… …
4uranium 238 — noun the commonest isotope of uranium; it is not fissionable but when irradiated with neutrons it produces fissionable plutonium 239 • Hypernyms: ↑uranium, ↑U, ↑atomic number 92 * * * noun : an isotope of uranium of mass number 238 that is the… …
5Depleted uranium — The DU penetrator of a 30 mm round[1] Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q metal, depletalloy, or D 38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U 235 than natural uranium (natural uranium is about 99.27% uranium… …
6Manhattan Project — This article is about the atomic bomb project. For other uses, see Manhattan Project (disambiguation). Manhattan District The Manhattan Project created the first nuclear bombs. The Trinity test …
7nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
8Actinide — The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki had a plutonium charge.[1] The actinide or actinoid (IUPAC nomenclature) series encompasses the 15 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers from 89 to 103, actinium thro …
9Otto Hahn — Hahn in 1944 Born 8 March 1879 …
10Sellafield — Aerial view of the site …
