Chancellor says deal with Tehran could be a blueprint for a process in which Germany and Europe would play a very active partAngela Merkel has offered German participation in any future nuclear talks with North Korea and suggested that the 2015 agreement with Iran could serve as a model for negotiations.
The chancellor’s intervention reflects growing alarm in Europe that Donald Trump is worsening one nuclear crisis by repeated threats to spend military force against North Korea,and seeking to trigger a moment one by torpedoing the Iran deal to which Germany, France and the UK are among the signatories.
The difference lies in the heart of the bomb. Atomic bombs rely on nuclear fission to produce a blast: atoms of weapons-grade uranium or plutonium are split by neutrons, and releasing energy as well as more neutrons - triggering a chain reaction.
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Source: theguardian.com