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A similar chart focusing solely on quantity of warheads in the multi-megaton range is also available. [17] Moreover, total deployed US & "Russian" strategic weapons increased steadily from the 1980s until the Cold War ended. [18] The United States nuclear stockpile increased rapidly from 1945, peaked in 1966, and declined after that. [1]
The Castle Bravo fallout plume spread dangerous levels of radioactive material over an area over 100 miles (160 km) long, including inhabited islands, in the largest single U.S. nuclear accident. The United States nuclear program since its inception has experienced accidents of varying forms, ranging from single-casualty research experiments ...
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The Enduring Stockpile is the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons following the end of the Cold War. During the Cold War the United States produced over 70,000 nuclear weapons. By its end, the U.S. stockpile was about 23,000 weapons of 26 different types.
Note that raw stockpile totals do not necessarily tell you much about nuclear capabilities; delivery mechanisms and types of weapons can make a big difference (many of the weapons added to the stockpile during the "surge" periods were tactical, not strategic, for example)
Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go — if needed — say they'll start shipping key components to Nevada's desert next year to prepare for ...
The United States currently gets about 20% of its power from nuclear. Inside the US Energy Department, there’s high interest to increase that percentage in the coming years because nuclear ...
More than 70 years after Los Alamos scientists blasted the New Mexico desert with the world?s first atomic explosion, three labs remain.