Also found in: Dictionary. disarmament, nuclear disarmament, nuclear, the reduction and limitation of the various nuclear weapons in the military forces of the world's nations. The atomic bombs dropped (1945) on Japan by the United States in World War II demonstrated the overwhelming destructive...
World War II: total destruction of Hiroshima, JapanTotal destruction of Hiroshima, Japan, following the dropping of the first atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. Nuclear weapons produce enormous explosive energy. Their significance may best be appreciated by the coining of the wordskiloton(1,000 ton...
a(2)第二次世界大战,美国向日本发射的两枚原子弹造成了日本的巨大损失,连累了无辜群众,百害而无一利。面对伊朗核 (2) Second World War, US two atomic bombs which launched to Japan has created Japan's heavy loss, has implicated the innocent populace, hundred harmed does not have an advantage.Faci...
World War II: total destruction of Hiroshima, JapanTotal destruction of Hiroshima, Japan, following the dropping of the first atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945.(more) Nuclear weapons produce enormous explosive energy. Their significance may best be appreciated by the coining of the words kiloton (...
The first time a nuclear weapon was used in war was August 6, 1945, when the United States detonated an atomic bomb above Hiroshima, Japan. By year’s end, an estimated 140,000 people had been killed, the majority of whom were civilians. Three days later, the U.S. detonated a second...
the initial phases of the Cold War, the United States, Russia, and United Kingdom built water- and gas-cooled nuclear power reactors/NPPs, plus under the “Atoms for Peace” initiative these light-water-reactor (LWR) designs were licensed to and built in France, South Korea, and Japan. ...
The proper disposal of this water is crucial for global ecological and environmental safety, as well as the lives and health of people worldwide. Japan’s unilateral decision to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean, without exhausting attempts at all possible safety disposal methods, ...
The Monju reactor in Japan suffered a sodium leak in 1995 and could not be restarted until May 2010. The EBR-I, the first reactor to have a core meltdown, in 1955, was also a sodium-cooled reactor. Pebble-bed reactors (PBR) [moderator: graphite; coolant: helium] These use fuel ...
World War II: total destruction of Hiroshima, JapanTotal destruction of Hiroshima, Japan, following the dropping of the first atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. Nuclear weapons produce enormous explosive energy. Their significance may best be appreciated by the coining of the wordskiloton(1,000 ton...
In this 1945 file photo, a view of the devastation after the atom bomb was dropped, in Hiroshima, Japan. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear ...