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- nuclear weapon [r]: A weapon that produces extremely powerful explosions from principles involving subatomic particle reactions, rather than the chemical reactions among atoms that power conventional explosives [e]
- nuclear fission [r]: The process by which a suitable isotope of an element with a higher atomic number absorbs a neutron, producing two or more lower-numbered nuclei and a large release of energy [e]
- World War II [r]: War between the Allies (most notably the UK, US and Soviet Union) and the Axis (principally Germany and Japan) 1939–1945. [e]
- Manhattan Project [r]: Code name for the U.S. nuclear weapon development program in the Second World War [e]
