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The 46 pages that link to Nuclear weapon, each with the reason it gives.

• Nuclear fissionRelated: Some nuclear weapons derive their explosive yield from an extremely rapid fission chain reaction.

• Nuclear physicsRelated: They demonstrate the military consequences of rapidly releasing nuclear binding energy.

• Uranium-235Related: Uranium-235 can serve as fissile material in certain nuclear weapons.

• Hans BetheRelated: Bethe’s Los Alamos work helped develop the first atomic bomb, shaping his later public stance.

• PlutoniumRelated: Plutonium-239 has been used as fissile material in nuclear weapons.

• UraniumRelated: Highly enriched uranium can serve as fissile material in some nuclear weapons.

• Enrichment of uraniumRelated: Producing highly enriched uranium can provide one route to weapon-usable fissile material.

• Cruise missileRelated: Some cruise missiles are designed to carry nuclear warheads, linking them to deterrence strategy.

• Plutonium-239Related: Plutonium-239 has been used as fissile material in fission weapons.

• Hanford SiteRelated: Hanford produced plutonium used in the United States’ wartime and subsequent weapons programs.

• Oak Ridge National LaboratoryRelated: The laboratory’s founding in weapons-related work ties its history to nuclear arms development.

• Critical massRelated: Fission weapons use rapid assembly of a supercritical configuration to initiate explosive energy release.

• Chicago Pile-1Related: The pile demonstrated a chain reaction central to the Manhattan Project’s weapons-production pathway.

• Fissile materialRelated: Fissile material can support the rapidly multiplying fission reaction in a fission weapon.

• SecuritizationRelated: Nuclear dangers illustrate the existential stakes around which security politics often forms.

• Hiroshima Peace MemorialRelated: The Dome’s global message addresses the destructive power of the weapons that damaged it.

• Igor TammRelated: Tamm’s leadership in Soviet theoretical physics connected his scientific career to weapons research.

• TNT equivalentRelated: Its yield is commonly reported as a TNT equivalent.

• Strategic bomberRelated: Some strategic bombers are designed to carry nuclear weapons as well as conventional ones.

• History of physicsRelated: Their development made the political and ethical consequences of physical research unmistakable.