How Nuclear Weapons Work

If you would like the presentation from this video for a school report, the Power Point can be found here: https://www.ryanmcbeth.com/single-pos... All isotopes exist in two forms: stable and unstable. These unstable isotopes are considered "radioactive" because they have too many neutrons compared with their protons. Nature abhors this imbalance and resolves it in a number of ways. It can turn a neutron into a proton, releasing a few protons and neutrons as "alpha particles" (which are basically helium without the electrons.) Or shed a neutron. If shed neutrons are captured by other nearby isotopes and made unstable, the result can become a "chain reaction" where more neutrons are released by nearby atoms than absorbed. Under the right conditions, this can power cities. Left uncontrolled, it can destroy them. Note: the final segment of this video is President Truman's address to the United States after the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This video covers: Types of Radiation How a nuclear weapon works Weapons effects, Tactical and strategic warheads Employment and delivery Electromagnetic pulse. Find Ryan McBeth merchandise here: https://www.bunkerbranding.com/pages/... Watch all of my long form videos:    • Military Equipment, Tactics and Strategy   Connect with me on Twitter: I don’t have a Patreon account. If you want to give me money, give it to: HelpIsOnTheWayUA.com Or WCK.org Or Gsmsg.org Join the conversation:   / discord   Want to send me something? Ryan McBeth Productions LLC 8705 Colesville Rd. Suite 249 Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA References: Types of radiation. https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-... How Fuel is made: https://www.world-nuclear.org/nuclear... How neutrons make things radioactive http://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/... The Gun-type design. http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2011/1... Where does the plutonium come from? https://fas.org/blogs/fas/2013/09/whe.... Plutonium-240 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutoni... The Devastating Effects of Nuclear Weapons https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/de... https://www.arpansa.gov.au/understand... Irradiated food https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-se... Why Gamma rays are dangerous: https://letstalkscience.ca/educationa... Why are there so many different ways to measure radiation exposure? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2.... REM Chart https://www.atomicarchive.com/science... Don’t use conditioner https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s... US Power Grid https://www.epa.gov/green-power-marke...) Diethylenetriamene pentaacetate (DTPA), https://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/p... Pictures and rights: "Dad awaiting an MRI prior to radiation therapy" by SilverStack is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. The Day After ABC (1993) "Plutonium Puck" by Savannah River Site is licensed under CC BY 2.0. "destruction" by monkeyc.net is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. "death" by monkeyc.net is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. "160913-F-BP133-163.jpg" by AirmanMagazine is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. "Datacenter" by e53 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. "Whale and Dolphin Flying The Enola Gay" by asmith62378 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. "Miata" by gibsonsgolfer is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN TALKS ON ATOMIC BOMBS Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 8/6/1945