weapon-grade uranium

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• Uranium — (pronEng|jʊˈreɪniəm) is a silvery gray metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. It has 92 protons and 92 electrons, 6 of them valence electrons. It can have between 141 and …   Wikipedia

• Uranium depletion — is the inescapable result of extracting and consuming uranium since it is a finite resource. The journal Environmental Science and Technology argues that the availability of high grade uranium ore will deplete over time making the fuel more… …   Wikipedia

• Uranium-235 — Infobox isotope background = #fc6 text color = isotope name = Uranium 235 isotope filename = alternate names = mass number = 235 symbol =U num neutrons = 143 num protons = 92 abundance =0.72% halflife = 703,800,000 years error halflife = decay… …   Wikipedia

• Uranium metallurgy — s.Commercial grade uranium can be produced through the reduction of uranium halides with alkali or alkaline earth metals. Uranium metal can also be made through electrolysis of KUF5 or UF4, dissolved in a molten CaCl2 and NaCl. Very pure uranium… …   Wikipedia

• nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …   Universalium

• Peak uranium — is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached. After that peak, the rate of production enters a terminal decline. While Uranium is used in nuclear weapons, its primary use is for energy generation via nuclear… …   Wikipedia

• Red Beard (nuclear weapon) — Red Beard was the first British tactical nuclear weapon. It was carried by the English Electric Canberra and the V bombers of the Royal Air Force, and by the Blackburn Buccaneers, Sea Vixens and Supermarine Scimitars of the Royal Navy s Fleet Air …   Wikipedia

• Enriched uranium — Proportions of uranium 238 (blue) and uranium 235 (red) found naturally versus enriched grades Enriched uranium is a kind of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium 235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation.… …   Wikipedia

• Weapons-grade — means that a substance is pure enough to be used to make a weapon or has properties that make it suitable for weapons use. Weapons grade plutonium and uranium are the most common examples, but it is also be used to refer to chemical and… …   Wikipedia

• Depleted uranium — The DU penetrator of a 30 mm round[1] Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q metal, depletalloy, or D 38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U 235 than natural uranium (natural uranium is about 99.27% uranium… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …   Wikipedia