NOUN
- a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
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- In 1947 he switched fields from physics to molecular biology, because of his horror at what atomic weapons had done. Times, Sunday Times
- Mining of uranium ores has been a controversial issue because of its use in atomic weapons and the potential for accidents at nuclear power stations.
- Cheney said recent information gleaned from a top former Pakistani nuclear scientist provided compelling evidence that Pyongyang has an active atomic weapons program.
- Just as nuclear scientists concerned about lethal radioactivity oppose atomic weapons, should marine scientists campaign for an end to coal-fired power stations?
- He pointed out that the atomic weapons establishment at Aldermaston has been re-equipped to build a new generation of bombs.
- The threat of nuclear proliferation will abate as dangerous stockpiles of atomic weapons are quickly used up.
- This is a small show that is chilling in its reconstruction of events, and shows just how close the Nazis came to having an atomic weapon.
- Four other upgraded atomic weapons are planned as part of a modernisation push that is expected to cost $1 trillion. Times, Sunday Times
- Dr Barnaby worked in a British atomic weapons laboratory in the 1950s, and later headed up the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
- On January 31, 1950 President Truman overturned the AEC and directed them "to continue its work on all forms of atomic weapons, including the so-called hydrogen or superbomb. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
