A nuclear explosive is an explosive device that derives its energy from nuclear reactions. Almost all nuclear explosive devices that have been designed...

feet (3.7 m) long, with a diameter of 18 inches (460 mm). The actual nuclear explosive package, judging from published drawings, occupies some 3 to 4 ft...

An explosive lens—as used, for example, in nuclear weapons—is a highly specialized shaped charge. In general, it is a device composed of several explosive...

and their relatively low explosive force (compared to nuclear weapons). The primary difference between conventional and nuclear bunker busters is that,...

Nuclear Explosive Safety Study of B53 Mechanical Disassembly Operations at the USDOE Pantex Plant (PDF) (Report). Department of Energy Nuclear Explosive...

of the nuclear explosive, Ted Taylor estimated that fission product fallout could be reduced tenfold, or even to zero, if a pure fusion explosive could...

detonated a nuclear explosive before 1 January 1967 and are thus nuclear weapons states under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. They...

conventional (chemical) explosives, because of the vastly greater energy density of nuclear fuel compared to chemical explosives. They are often associated...

1950s and early 1960s, with the idea of reacting small directional nuclear explosives utilizing a variant of the Teller–Ulam two-stage bomb design against...

explosive devices include: Explosive weapon Anti-personnel mine Artillery shells Bomb Grenade Improvised explosive device Land mine Nuclear explosive...

application" of an underground nuclear explosion would not include the developmental testing of any nuclear explosive. Operation Plowshare was the name...

only encountered in legacy munitions and unexploded ordnance. Two nuclear explosives, containing mixtures of uranium and plutonium, respectively, were...

importance. Under Article I of the NPT, nuclear-weapon states pledge not to transfer nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices to any recipient or in...

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission...

ballistic missiles. Nuclear shaped charges that focus their energy in particular directions. Project Orion explored the use of nuclear explosives for rocket propulsion...

liquid expanding vapor explosion nuclear energy, such as in the fissile isotopes uranium-235 and plutonium-239 Explosive materials may be categorized by...

friendly territory. Generally smaller in explosive power, they are defined in contrast to strategic nuclear weapons, which are designed mostly to be targeted...

methane blow out. There were in fact two programs: "Employment of Nuclear Explosive Technologies in the Interests of National Economy", also referred...

the Mark 4 was the first mass-produced nuclear weapon. The Mark 4 utilized a near-identical nuclear explosive package to the 1561 assembly of the Mark...

overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes. The program was organized in June...

25, 2009. "NTS 50th Anniversary Newsletter – Sedan Tested Use of Nuclear Explosives to Move Earth". US Department of Energy Nevada Site Office. Archived...

the aim of developing nuclear weapons. Iran have denied the existence of any program aimed at the development of a nuclear explosive device, and in particular...

High explosive nuclear effects testing comprises large scale field tests using conventional high explosives as alternatives to atmospheric nuclear testing...

be a nuclear weapons country." After the Chinese nuclear test on 16 October 1964, Bhabha began to publicly call for building nuclear explosives. On the...

The explosive yield of a nuclear weapon is the amount of energy released such as blast, thermal, and nuclear radiation, when that particular nuclear weapon...

Korea announced its intention to conduct a nuclear test. The blast is generally estimated to have had an explosive force of less than one kiloton, and some...

of high explosive munitions including other types of ordnance such as nuclear, biological and chemical weapons along with improvised explosive devices...

Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance, yield, and effects of nuclear weapons. Testing nuclear weapons offers practical...

warhead damaged in an accident would detonate with a nuclear yield, even if some or all of the high explosive components burned or detonated. The procedure for...

Polymer-bonded explosives, also called PBX or plastic-bonded explosives, are explosive materials in which explosive powder is bound together in a matrix...