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41Manhattan 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 …
42Nuclear chain reaction — A possible nuclear fission chain reaction. 1. A uranium 235 atom absorbs a neutron, and fissions into two new atoms (fission fragments), releasing three new neutrons and a large amount of binding energy. 2. One of those neutrons is absorbed by an …
43Novaya Zemlya — For the Russian film, see Novaya Zemlya (film). Novaya Zemlya …
44Nevada Test Site — Infobox Military Test Site name= Nevada Test Site caption= November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Test is shot Dog from Operation Buster, with a yield of 21 kilotons. It was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted on land; troops …
45Percolation theory — In mathematics, percolation theory describes the behavior of connected clusters in a random graph. The applications of percolation theory to materials science and other domains are discussed in the article percolation.IntroductionA representative …
46Nuclear fuel cycle — The nuclear fuel cycle, also called nuclear fuel chain, is the progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages. It consists of steps in the front end, which are the preparation of the fuel, steps in the service period in which… …
47Hydraulic jump — A hydraulic jump is a phenomenon in the science of hydraulics which is frequently observed in open channel flow such as rivers and spillways. When liquid at high velocity discharges into a zone of lower velocity, a rather abrupt rise (a step or… …
48Froude number — The Froude number is a dimensionless number comparing inertial and gravitational forces. It may be used to quantify the resistance of an object moving through water, and compare objects of different sizes. Named after William Froude, the Froude… …
49Energy development — Schematic of the global sources of energy in 2006 2007 …
50Atomic Weapons Establishment — Location map|Berkshire label = lat = 51.362778 long = 1.139444 caption = Map showing the location of the Atomic Weapons Establishment at grid reference gbmapscaled|SU600630|25|SU600630 float = right background= white width = 175: For the World… …
