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71nuclear reactor — Physics. reactor (def. 4). Also called nuclear pile. [1940 45] * * * Device that can initiate and control a self sustaining series of nuclear fission reactions. Neutrons released in one fission reaction may strike other heavy nuclei, causing them …
72Nuclear fallout — Fallout redirects here. For other uses, see Fallout (disambiguation). Nuclear weapons History Warfare Arms race Design Testing …
73Nuclear bunker buster — Subsidence craters left over after underground nuclear (test) explosions Bunker busting nuclear weapons, also known as earth penetrating weapons (EPW), are a type of nuclear weapon designed to penetrate into soil, rock, or concrete to deliver a… …
74Nuclear isomer — A nuclear isomer is a metastable state of an atomic nucleus caused by the excitation of one or more of its nucleons (protons or neutrons). Metastable refers to the fact that these excited states have half lives more than 100 to 1000 times the… …
75Nuclear aircraft — This article is about Aircraft nuclear propulsion. For the US Air Force program, see Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion. For the crystallographic feature known as an atomic plane, see crystallography. A nuclear aircraft is an aircraft powered by nuclear …
76Nuclear Power 2010 Program — The Nuclear Power 2010 Program was unveiled by the U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham on February 14, 2002 as one means towards addressing the expected need for new power plants. The program is a joint government/industry cost shared effort …
77Nuclear weapon yield — Logarithmic scatterplot comparing the yield (in kilotons) and weight (in kilograms) of all nuclear weapons developed by the United States. The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy discharged when a nuclear weapon is… …
78Nuclear Waste Policy Act — During the first 40 years that nuclear waste was being created in the United States, no legislation was enacted to manage its disposal. Nuclear waste, some of which remains dangerously radioactive with a half life of more than one million years,… …
79Nuclear weapons delivery — Contents 1 Main delivery mechanisms 1.1 Gravity bomb 1.2 Ballistic missile …
80Nuclear explosion — A 23 kiloton tower shot called BADGER, fired on April 18, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site, as part of the Operation Upshot Knothole nuclear test series …
