Re: HOWTO Build a Nuclear Device

Peter Trei wrote:

I have a vague memory of seeing a photo of a ?3 inch? ball of Pu (isotopic composition unknown) in one of those old Time-Life books. The ball glowed a dull red with it's own internal heat.

Sounds like plutonium-238, NASA's favorite fuel for deep space Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs). It puts out 0.54 kilowatts/kilogram and has a half life of 87.8 years. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"