Re: Nuclear Weapons Material

Actually, to pick a nit, the first a-bomb exploded (Alamogordo) was a plutonium device. The U235 design was dropped on Hiroshima untested.

The media was making a big deal last night about the seizure of twenty pounds of U-238. This, of course, is the non-radioactive isotope of uranium in which trade is relatively unrestricted. It does make excellent shell casings and has a few other mundane industrial uses. I wonder why the issue of bomb parts is now being given such a huge push in the press? -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ mpd@netcom.com $ via Finger. $