Sentences with phrase «because nuclear explosions»
The world scoffed a bit, because this nuclear explosion was quite small.
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Because all elements in the universe heavier than hydrogen, helium, and lithium have been forged by nuclear fusion in the cores of stars and then scattered into space by supernova explosions, the find indicates that the galaxy, at the age we're now observing it, was old enough for at least one generation of stars to have formed, lived, and died.
«They show a remarkable amount of technical effort that went into representing the very difficult to capture — because it is so extreme — phenomenon of a nuclear explosion.»
For nearly 2 decades, NNSA has supported the construction and operation of NIF because ICF's miniature explosions can aid weapons scientists who are trying to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.
Earlier guidance systems relied on radio links to ground computers and were vulnerable because atmospheric explosions during a nuclear war would have disrupted radio transmissions.
«Subsequently, because of his conviction that if a nuclear chain reaction could be made to work it might be used as an instrument of war to set up violent explosions, Szilard separated that part of the application which related to the nuclear chain reaction and incorporated it in modified form into a later filed application, No. 19157, which he assigned to the British Admiralty in order to prevent its publication.
And it turned out to be a nuclear explosion, because it wasn't in the interest of the school district to tell the community how each and every kid was doing on their test.»
The purpose appears to be to assess the impact of high altitude nuclear explosions on radio transmission and radar operations because of the electro - magnetic pulse (EMP), and to increase understanding of the geomagnetic field and the behaviour of the charged particles in it.
Thankfully, a big part of the problem with the Chernobyl explosion was horrible communist management and serious reactor design flaws (partly because they needed access to the core to get plutonium for nuclear weapons, as far as I know).