What does it mean to "enrich" Uranium?S  A must-read entry for
all future dictators. Take a look at the meaning of "enriching
uranium," why it's necessary, and some of the processes used to
do it.  Let's say that, as an up-and-coming president-for-life
of some unfortunate swath of land, you order some of that yellow
cake uranium that you've been hearing so much about. After the
initial shock of realizing that you can't frost it and eat it in
order to gain superpowers, you acquire a few engineers, have
them set up a bomb and set it off.  Nothing happens.  This is
because the uranium is not enriched. A nuclear bomb fueled by
uranium releases energy through fission, the breaking apart of
an atom. When a neutron hits the nucleus of a uranium atom, the
atom breaks apart. The resulting pieces weigh slightly less than
the original whole; that weight having been turned into huge
amounts of energy.  Here's the key – each split nucleus has to
release at least two neutrons of its own. They hit other nuclei
and start two