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111Dense plasma focus — Plasma gun redirects here. For the science fiction weapon, see plasma weapon (fiction). A dense plasma focus (DPF) is a machine that produces, by electromagnetic acceleration and compression, a short lived plasma that is so hot and dense that it… …
112Peaceful nuclear explosions — (PNEs) are nuclear explosions conducted for non military purposes, such as activities related to economic development including the creation of canals. During the 1960s and 1970s, both the United States and the Soviet Union conducted a number of… …
113Nuclear 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… …
114Nuclear weapons delivery — Contents 1 Main delivery mechanisms 1.1 Gravity bomb 1.2 Ballistic missile …
115Plasma (physics) — For other uses, see Plasma. Plasma lamp, illustrating some of the more complex phenomena of a plasma, including filamentation. The colors are a result of relaxation of electrons in excited states to lower energy states after they have recombined… …
116Nuclear 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 …
117TNT equivalent — Kiloton redirects here. For the similarly named weight measurements, see Tonne. For the similarly spelled Transformers character, see Megatron. For UK kids gaming magazine, see Megaton (Magazine). Diagram of explosive yield vs mushroom cloud… …
118Underground nuclear testing — Preparation for an underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site in the 1990s. Nuclear weapons …
119Online refuelling — In nuclear power technology, online refuelling is a technique for changing the fuel of a nuclear reactor while the pile is critical. Online refuelling has been provided for three main reasons: To allow low burnup fuel to be extracted for the… …
120Rob Adam — Infobox Scientist name = Rob Adam box width = image width = caption = birth date = 13 September 1955 birth place = South Africa death date = death place = residence = nationality = ethnicity = field = Nuclear physics work institutions = DACST,… …
