Nuclear Weapons Material
Mike Duvos
mpd at netcom.com
Thu Aug 25 07:41:17 PDT 1994
> 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?
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