
Nuclear Weapons: Only 9 countries in the world have nuclear weapons. These countries are America, Russia, England, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel. In this, Russia has made the maximum number of nuclear weapons. Russia has 5580 nuclear weapons and USA has 5044 nuclear weapons.
What do you know about how countries make nuclear weapons? Apart from this, how much time does it take to make these dangerous weapons? Let us know the answers to these questions:
Where does nuclear material come from?
Uranium is most important for making nuclear weapons. It is found all over the world. However, two-thirds of the world’s uranium is found in five countries – Australia, Canada, Kazakhstan, Namibia and Russia. Uranium is mined from the earth and converted into gas, so that it can be used in making nuclear weapons.
Know what is nuclear fission?
Nuclear fission is one of the scientific processes that helps in creating nuclear energy. This occurs when neutrons bombard atomic nuclei and split them, releasing huge amounts of energy. Uranium and plutonium are most commonly used for fission. Uranium is made up of two isotopes, the first being uranium-235 (U-235) and the second being uranium-238 (U-238). U-235 is very important because it disintegrates easily. Uranium-238 is quite rare.
How is nuclear energy made?
The production of nuclear energy starts with uranium enrichment. Uranium enrichment most commonly occurs in gas centrifuges. After turning the uranium into gas, it is put into centrifuges, which rotate at high speed, so that the slightly heavier U-238 can be separated from U-235. Each round of rotation in the centrifuge reduces the proportion of U-238 in the sample and increases the proportion of U-235. Uranium can be enriched to various levels, which fall into two categories:
Low-enriched uranium ((LEU)), which contains less than 20 percent U-235 and is often used in nuclear power or non-nuclear power reactors, producing material for medical use, scientific research, and other purposes. We do.
Highly enriched uranium (HEU), which contains 20 percent or more U-235 and is used primarily for military purposes, such as to develop nuclear weapons and in some other specialized applications and by nuclear power. For manned submarines. Any level of HEU can be used for the weapon.
Know how much time it takes to make nuclear weapons
Once a country enriches uranium, it can produce enough HEU for a nuclear weapon in a matter of months. If a country is capable of producing nuclear energy, it does not take much time to make nuclear weapons. Iran is also trying to make a nuclear bomb.