Nuclear Terrorism: What is a Nuclear Bomb?

In this episode, Matthew Bunn, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's JFK School of Government and author of "Securing the Bomb" describes what happens when a nuclear bomb is detonated.

This short film is part of a continuing series based on Graham Allison's book "Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe"


Produced by George Billard, Edited by Katie Mantell.

For More info visit www.nuclearterrorism.tv

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• nuclear
• terrorism
• atomic
• weapons
• Bunn
• Allison
• proliferation
• physics
• atom
• bomb

[jibbi4one]

This is typical elitist scare propaganda a la americana.

CERTAIN fissile fuels need to be monitored/policed by IAEA + GO which if left unchecked could pose as a nasty nuke bomb(highly unlikely)or dirty bomb.

But don't trash the science, countries or the industry that employ nukes for lack of security. Countries that need or wish to use nuke power to generate electrical power or other uses have a legitimate right to use the science. Play fair don't lie just to fulfil petrol political ends.

[PlanetBillard]

Watch the rest of the series (more on the way, too) before passing judgment.

[befranklintoo]

We know the science bastard we want to stop it not promote it!

[PlanetBillard]

This video is part of a series. If you watch them all you will see that the goal is disarmament.

[53416733]

that is horrible weapon!

[milkywaykaye]

God would not want people looking at this it is a bad. Peolpe need to get a life! and stop killing everything!

[mikelheron20]

Well said.

[mikelheron20]

Created by Albert Einstein? Rubbish. Try looking up "Robert Oppenheimer" or "Manhattan Project".

[arbighookasian]

first atomic test was designated by oppenhimer, although alot of people believe that albert could have done the same, but here is what i think, since he saw davistasion in europe he would not dare to give another chance of distruction

[Berelore]

Think you mean Oppenheimer

[Niqulai]

That's right... Atom bomb is created by Albert Einstein, that was developed into hydrogen bomb by U.S.S.R. All five steps of hydrogen bomb:

1. Bright light

2. 1st blast wave

3. Heat wave (could melt even steel)

4. 2nd blast wave (which power is like tornado's eye wind)

5. Nuclear Fallout.

[Niqulai]

If there would be fusion chain reaction it's like mini-supernova on the earth. it could destroy whole Europe.

[Niqulai]

Nuclear bomb is advanced version of atomic bomb, it's also called hydrogen bomb

[SilverStateMan]

A weapon is an enemy, even to its owner.

But, all restraints of levity aside, nuclear blasts are very, very pretty. Pretty, but deadly. Just like me.

[Taichigun]

---;and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

[intheshitter]

The slow motion is amazing. Why does the explosion have those spikes ?