The Manhattan Project: The Creation Of Nuclear Bombs
While World War II had just begun, Albert Einstein and his partner Leo Szilard educated President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the idea of a bomb with a magnificent and tremendous power that can be accessed by breaking into the forces of nuclear fission. At the time, Germany, too, had already begun establishing nuclear bombs. It was crucial for the U.S to be the first to create the nuclear bomb so, they could remove power of destruction away from Hitler. Roosevelt had agreed to the idea and so for the next four years the U.S will begin practicing the science of a nuclear bomb. This plan, at the time, was called, “ The Manhattan Project.” The first testing of any nuclear weapon happened on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico, United States. After many
other countries caught wind of such science, they too began to create nuclear bombs. Over the course of several years, countries such as the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain ran series of nuclear bomb testings. Later, France tested its first nuclear bomb in 1960 and china on the October of 1964. On December 12, 1995, the United Nation proposed a ban of nuclear bomb testing and suggest a disarmament. Later that December 10, other countries agreed and signed treaties to cease nuclear bomb testings. The astonishing power of nuclear weapons are rooted from a sudden release of energy caused by splitting of the nuclei in fissile elements which are in the bomb’s core. The two bombs that the U.S used to bomb Japanese cities, Nagasaki and Hiroshima, as an example, had uranium-235 and plutonium-239. These elements were chosen because they were ready to create nuclear fission. Fission is when “a neutron strikes the nucleus into fragments,releasing a tremendous amount of energy.” the nuclei of the fragments then strikes other nuclei creating more fission. This process is a chain reaction resulting in an atomic blast.
other countries caught wind of such science, they too began to create nuclear bombs. Over the course of several years, countries such as the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain ran series of nuclear bomb testings. Later, France tested its first nuclear bomb in 1960 and china on the October of 1964. On December 12, 1995, the United Nation proposed a ban of nuclear bomb testing and suggest a disarmament. Later that December 10, other countries agreed and signed treaties to cease nuclear bomb testings. The astonishing power of nuclear weapons are rooted from a sudden release of energy caused by splitting of the nuclei in fissile elements which are in the bomb’s core. The two bombs that the U.S used to bomb Japanese cities, Nagasaki and Hiroshima, as an example, had uranium-235 and plutonium-239. These elements were chosen because they were ready to create nuclear fission. Fission is when “a neutron strikes the nucleus into fragments,releasing a tremendous amount of energy.” the nuclei of the fragments then strikes other nuclei creating more fission. This process is a chain reaction resulting in an atomic blast.