5 Countries That Have Nuclear Weapons Or Nuclear Power Technology

2. United States

Number of Nuclear Warheads in 2022: 5428

The United States was the first country to create a nuclear bomb and is the only country that has dropped nuclear bombs during a war. The country’s nuclear project was called the “Manhattan Project” and it was established in 1942. USA’s first nuclear test was conducted on July 16, 1945, a few miles south of Socorro, New Mexico. On July 6th, 1945, the US dropped its first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and the second one was dropped on August 9 on Nagasaki. The first one was a Uranium bomb while the second one was a Plutonium bomb.

It is estimated that the United States has 5428 nuclear warheads and 1720 of them have been retired. Moreover, 1644 of them have been deployed and 1964 remain undeployed. Between 1965 and 1967, four countries had a total of over 40,000 nuclear weapons, and over 31,000 of them were held by the US.

The US generated 19% of its electricity from nuclear power plants and has 93 commercial reactors under operation. However, 25 reactors in the country are in their decommissioning phase. Currently, the USA is planning to construct another eight reactors.