three reactors were built to extract plutonium (another element with atoms that could be split) from a non-fissionable type of uranium. Finally a lab for the design and construction of the bomb ...

Kyiv has rejected a report that suggested that it could develop a nuclear bomb quickly, using plutonium from spent nuclear ...

The first plutonium pits were created at the Los Alamos site for the Trinity test, which saw the world’s first detonation of ...

The original reactor design had included some space near ... Hanford had delivered enough plutonium for three bombs. The control room is open to visitors during the B Reactor tour.

Building the uranium bomb: August 1944 to July 1945 14. Exploring the plutonium implosion weapon: August 1944 to February 1945 15. Finding the implosion design: August 1944 to February 1945 16.

can be uranium or plutonium. There must be a chemical explosive to start the nuclear reaction, and there may be some empty space. Encasing the early bombs was a large mass of “tamper,” i.e., a ...

Terumi Tanaka was 13 when a U.S. warplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the southern Japanese city of Nagasaki, on Aug. 9, 1945. Sitting at home with a book that morning, Tanaka knew instantly when ...

Named the “Blue Gerboise”, it was the first atomic bomb tested by France, and of hitherto unrivaled power. This 70 kiloton plutonium bomb was launched in the early morning, in the Reggane ...

The original reactor design had included some space near ... Hanford had delivered enough plutonium for three bombs. A ...