Political Issues: Nuclear Energy & Weapons

Summary

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter; a modern thermonuclear weapon weighing little more than a thousand kilograms can produce an explosion comparable to the detonation of more than a billion kilograms of conventional high explosive.

Thus, even single small nuclear devices no larger than traditional bombs can devastate an entire city by blast, fire and radiation. Nuclear weapons are considered weapons of mass destruction, and their use and control has been a major focus of international relations policy since their debut.

Important Nuclear Energy & Weapons Related Issues

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External Links to Nuclear Energy & Weapons Issues

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References

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon