Nuclear-isomer weapons could be a major advantage to armies possessing them, leading to the possibility of an arms race. André Gsponer, director of the Independent Scientific Research Institute ...

But who says that a weapon this powerful is necessary these days? But the transition of isomers gives off thousands of times more energy than chemical reactions.* Q: This is way to the creation of ...

Nuclear-isomer weapons could be a major advantage to armies possessing them, leading to the possibility of an arms race. AndrŽ Gsponer, director of the Independent Scientific Research Institute ...

THREE years ago, New Scientist warned that the US was developing a new kind of quasi-nuclear weapon, the hafnium bomb ... specifically its isomer hafnium-178m2. This nuclear isomer is radioactive ...

Any hafnium bombs would probably take decades to create, but at least one other country, Russia, has an active isomer-weapon research program. And unless DARPA and the scientists supporting ...

In view of the profound implications of this isomer for nuclear models, it is important not only to verify its existence and determine the half-life, but also to elucidate the decay path and ...

And how can we exploit them for useful applications? Table 1 Nuclear isomers. Long-lived isomers store enough energy for many different applications. The key is finding out how to release that ...