From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page (and the couple that follow from it) describe the use of fusion reactions in a hydrogen bomb. A schematic diagram of an H-bomb is given and discussed....

Very informative article about dirty bombs, containing a conceptual description of how they are made, along with a discussion of the potential health effects associated with a dirty bomb attack.

In this interactive, learn about sources of both beneficial and harmful radiation which exist in many forms all around us.

Describes the design of the first nuclear reactor by Enrico Fermi and his successful development of a self-ustaining nuclear chain reaction. Describes the evolution of the Manhattan Project and their race to develop the first atomic...