atom bomb

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Knowing she’ll lose the ability to pick a side cast her back into the fight, and with an atom bomb that the hive mind, by its endlessly giving nature, had to provide.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

Did the U.S. destroy Iran’s ability to build an atom bomb, or did the Iranians stash away a lot of their enriched uranium before the attack?

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

Heavy-water reactors produce plutonium, which - like enriched uranium - can be used to make the core of an atom bomb.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

The core of every nuclear warhead is a hollow, globe-shaped plutonium pit made by engineers at the Energy Department’s lab in Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the atom bomb.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Now, the moment Nishina walked into Kawabe’s office, the general demanded, “Could you build an atom bomb in six months? In favorable circumstances we might be able to hold out that long.”

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin