Nuclear weapon design

fission bomb

(Physics / General Physics) a bomb in which the energy is supplied by nuclear fission See atomic bomb

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fission bomb - a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)

A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, plutonium bomb

bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

clean bomb - an atom bomb leaving little or no radioactive contamination

dirty bomb - an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination

neutron bomb - atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blast

atomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction

plutonium pit, plutonium trigger - a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives

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fission bomb

n → (konventionelle) Atombombe

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A-bomb
atom bomb
atomic bomb
atomic weapon
bomb
clean bomb
dirty bomb
neutron bomb
nuclear weapon
plutonium bomb
plutonium pit
plutonium trigger

The estimate defined the phrase 'nuclear weapons program' to mean nuclear weapon design and weaponization work, and covert uranium conversion-related and uranium enrichment-related work.

Iran-Nuclear by The Daily Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)

Salehi declined to say what the new cooperation entailed but it would not cover the IAEA's probe into intelligence reports suggesting Iran covertly researched nuclear weapon designs.

Iran agrees new terms of cooperation with IAEA by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

Appendices include the physics of nuclear weapon design, military deployments and accidents in nuclear-based military divisions, principle Soviet nuclear facilities and a chronology of nuclear development.

The nuclear express; a political history of the bomb and its ... by Reference & Research Book News

nuclear strike warning

nuclear submarine

nuclear support

nuclear surface burst

nuclear terrorism

nuclear threshold