What is the difference between a radiological weapon and a nuclear weapon?

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Mia Reeves

30 March, 06:37

What is the difference between a radiological weapon and a nuclear weapon?

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What is the difference between the nuclear material in a bomb, versus a reactor? A nuclear reactor works by using the energy that is released when the nucleus of a heavy atom splits. That process is called fission. In reactors, fission occurs when uranium atoms are hit by slow-moving neutrons.