How Nuclear Weapons Work
October 28, 2022
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45:39Now PlayingHow Nuclear Weapons Work
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All isotopes exist in two forms: stable and unstable. These unstable isotopes are considered "radioactive" because they have too many neutrons compared with their protons. Nature abhors this imbalance and resolves it in a number of ways. It can turn a neutron into a proton, releasing a few protons and neutrons as "alpha particles" (which are basically helium without the electrons.) Or shed a neutron.
If shed neutrons are captured by other nearby isotopes and made unstable, the result can become a "chain reaction" where more neutrons are released by nearby atoms than absorbed. Under the right conditions, this can power cities. Left uncontrolled, it can destroy them.
Note: the final segment of this video is President Truman's address to the United States after the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
This video covers:
Types of Radiation
How a nuclear weapon works
Weapons effects,
Tactical and strategic warheads
Employment and delivery
Electromagnetic pulse.
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References:
Types of radiation.
How Fuel is made:
How neutrons make things radioactive
The Gun-type design.
Where does the plutonium come from?
Plutonium-240
The Devastating Effects of Nuclear Weapons
Irradiated food
Why Gamma rays are dangerous:
Why are there so many different ways to measure radiation exposure?
REM Chart
Don’t use conditioner
US Power Grid
Diethylenetriamene pentaacetate (DTPA),
Pictures and rights:
"Dad awaiting an MRI prior to radiation therapy" by SilverStack is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
The Day After ABC (1993)
"Plutonium Puck" by Savannah River Site is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"destruction" by monkeyc.net is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
"death" by monkeyc.net is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
"160913-F-BP133-163.jpg" by AirmanMagazine is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
"Datacenter" by e53 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
"Whale and Dolphin Flying The Enola Gay" by asmith62378 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
"Miata" by gibsonsgolfer is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN TALKS ON ATOMIC BOMBS
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer.
8/6/1945
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