The Biggest Bangs

How nuclear weapons work and what is inside of them including critical mass, tampers and triggers, as contrasted to a nuclear reactor. History of nuclear weapon design and their magnitudes. Enrichment of uranium and how it is done both by gaseous diffusion and by centrifuges. Origin and cause of a mushroom cloud. Effects of nuclear detonations including the radiation zone, blast zone and fallout. Difficulty of making plutonium but why it is desired. Mix of isotopes made in a fission reactor. Countries which have nuclear weapons. How a Hydrogen bomb works and what is inside of one. Videos of nuclear explosions.