atom bomb
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This frustrated Marcus because he otherwise liked the innovative theory that had been proposed by Willard Libby, a physicist who had helped develop the atom bomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
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
That was the joint U.S.–Israeli cyberwar operation that hacked into the Iranians’ nuclear infrastructure, sabotaging their ability to enrich uranium and thus build an atom bomb.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2024
Sadako’s friends began to dream of building a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atom bomb.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
