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• Fallout shelter
  ...from radioactive debris or [[nuclear fallout|fallout]] resulting from a [[nuclear explosion]]. Many such shelters were constructed as [[civil defense]] measu During a nuclear explosion, matter vaporized in the resulting fireball is exposed to neutron
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  ...ridge=AP Mark 8: 2,700 lb. (1,225 kg)<br>HC Mark 13: 1,900 lb. (862 kg)<br>Nuclear Mark 23: 1,900 lb. (862 kg) |velocity= AP: 2,500 ft/s (762 m/s)<br>HC & Nuclear: 2,690 ft/s (820 m/s)
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• 2A48 Cobra
  ...e weapons, ammunition magazines and a seat for the gunner. Controlling the weapons and moving the turret is accomplished by means of drive units with a manual ...&nbsp;mm PKT coaxial machine gun with a 2-plane stabilization system. The weapons are controlled through the gunner's control panel. It is possible to integr
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...echanical fuze ammunition per kill, even in late 1944.<ref>Campbell, Naval Weapons of WW2, P106</ref> |title = Older weapons hold own in high-tech war
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• Potassium iodide
  Thyroid iodine uptake blockade with potassium iodide is used in [[nuclear medicine]] [[scintigraphy]] and therapy with some radioiodinated compounds ...<ref>Kowalsky RJ, Falen, SW. Radiopharmaceuticals in Nuclear Pharmacy and Nuclear Medicine. 2nd ed. Washington DC: American Pharmacists Association; 2004.<
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• 3-Dimensional Quartz Phenolic
  ...als and is tough and fire-resistant. 3DQP is used for the manufacture of [[Nuclear Weapon]] [[Atmospheric reentry|Re-entry vehicles]] (RV). ...quartz material '[[electromagnetic pulse|hardens]]' the RV protecting the nuclear warhead against high-energy [[neutron]]s emitted by exo-atmospheric [[Anti-
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• Ion-exchange resin
  ...or electronics, scientific experiments, production of superconductors, and nuclear industry, among others. Such water is produced using ion-exchange processes ...ilable for making nuclear-energy materials, such as new reactor fuel and [[nuclear weapon]]s.
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• Depleted uranium
  ...ense</ref> DU is also found in [[Nuclear reprocessing|reprocessed]] spent nuclear reactor fuel, but that kind can be distinguished from DU produced as a bypr |title= Depleted Uranium Weapons
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• Aerogel
  ..., D.E. [http://pdg.lbl.gov/2007/reviews/atomicrpp.pdf Abridged from Atomic Nuclear Properties]. Particle Data Group: 2007.</ref> ...late it is used to transform radiation into pressure in multistage nuclear weapons.<ref>[http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1814/fogbank Lewis, Jeffrey FOGBANK]</
  26 KB (3,758 words) - 09:14, 20 September 2010
• Binary liquid
  ...yes Phase separation of a binary liquid mixture in porous media studied by nuclear magnetic resonance cryoporometry] [[Category:Chemical weapons]]
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• Iron
  ...element produced by stellar fusion because the fusion of iron is the last nuclear fusion reaction that is [[exothermic]]. Iron is the most widely used metal, ...s|title = The NUBASE Evaluation of Nuclear and Decay Properties| journal = Nuclear Physics A| volume = 729| pages = 3–128| publisher = Atomic Mass Data Cent
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• Dead man's switch
  ...System]] is an application of a dead man's switch in the field of nuclear weapons. ...than fail-safe. Once armed, the system would detonate the onboard nuclear weapons if the aircraft's altitude dropped below a predetermined level.<ref>{{cite
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• Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
  ...ed in 2000 and is designed to compensate individuals who worked in nuclear weapons production and as a result of occupational exposures contracted certain ill ...sure to beryllium, ionizing radiation, and other hazards unique to nuclear weapons production and testing. Too often, these workers were neither adequately pr
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• Radiation dose reconstruction
  ...of estimating how much radiation current workers receive, for example at a nuclear facility, except dose reconstructions evaluate past exposures. The terms hi ...One such environmentally focused study was published in 1983 by the [[U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission]] entitled Radiological Risk Assessment: A Textbook
  13 KB (1,769 words) - 20:33, 20 September 2010
• Arsenic
  ...s|title = The NUBASE Evaluation of Nuclear and Decay Properties| journal = Nuclear Physics A| volume = 729| pages = 3–128| publisher = Atomic Mass Data Cent At least 10 [[nuclear isomer]]s have been described, ranging in atomic mass from 66 to 84. The mo
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• Chromium
  ...s|title = The NUBASE Evaluation of Nuclear and Decay Properties| journal = Nuclear Physics A| volume = 729| pages = 3–128| publisher = Atomic Mass Data Cent Weapons found in burial pits dating from the late 3rd century BC [[Qin Dynasty]] of
  51 KB (7,299 words) - 20:34, 20 September 2010
• Beryllium
  ===Nuclear properties=== ...ium is a neutron multiplier, releasing more neutrons than it absorbs. This nuclear reaction is:
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• Chlorine
  ...cess]].<ref>{{cite journal|author= A.G.W. Cameron|title=Stellar Evolution, Nuclear Astrophysics, and Nucleogenesis| journal=CRL-41 | month=June| year=1957}} " ...roduced by irradiation of [[seawater]] during atmospheric detonations of [[nuclear weapon]]s between 1952 and 1958. The residence time of ³⁶Cl in t
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• Wildfire
  ...F | title = Smoke in the Stratosphere: What Wildfires have Taught Us About Nuclear Winter; abstract #U14A-04 | author = Fromm, M.; Stocks, B.; Servranckx, R.; ...Wildfires were used in battles throughout human history as [[early thermal weapons]]. From the [[Middle ages]], accounts were written of [[occupational burnin
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• Health and Safety Executive
  ===Nuclear Directorate=== The Nuclear Directorate, largely based in [[Bootle]], has four main functions:
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