No, to quote tvtropes again:
Yuri can attempt to crowdsource
nuclear weapons development rather than "centralizing" it with scientists, whereby he aims to create nukes from the collective knowledge of the people at less monetary cost than if it was left to professionals. Unlike some of the other
REALLY GOOD IDEAS featured in the mod,
this can actually pay off against all odds, although there's a non-negligible chance it will result in catastrophe while the weapon is being transported.
Of course it can explode, the guy is making the bomb cheaper and without professionals, it would be 99% of chance of exploding like a dirty bomb and irradiating the immediate area and 1% of actually working.
Besides, i readed that the only other which can build nukes is the HRE, yes, funny clock man, who persecute intelectuals, will make one of the most complex things in the planet. Maybe Alexei blesses the bomb.