To: algore
How much uranium does it take to create glass in a sandbox ?
5 posted on
03/15/2023 3:57:33 PM PDT by
no-to-illegals
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To: no-to-illegals
How much uranium does it take to create glass in a sandbox ?
Well, Wikipedia (I know, I know) states about 15 kg of U-235 for a small, practical fission weapon. Given it's natural abundance, I get 2.5 tonnes of concentrate as giving up to 15.26 kg U-235, so yeah, this about one glassing's worth, in theory.
12 posted on
03/15/2023 4:11:16 PM PDT by
verum ago
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To: no-to-illegals
I missed that the non-yellowcake 10-ish % of uranium ore concentrate is still mostly other uranium oxides, so make that more like 16-16.5 kg U-235 from 2.5 tonnes of missing concentrates. Given some inefficiencies, but offset by only needing 90% for a weapon...
Yeah, so for your question:
How much uranium does it take to create glass in a sandbox ?
My answer is: pretty much the same amount that just went missing...
Hopefully whomever has it is on the Israeli's radar. Concentrating the U-235 is the hardest step, and it's notably harder when your equipment suffers laser-guided bomb related damage.
18 posted on
03/15/2023 4:23:16 PM PDT by
verum ago
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To: no-to-illegals
“How much uranium does it take to create glass in a sandbox?”
Enough to pollute Oak Ridge and a big chunk of Washington state for 10,000 years.
32 posted on
03/15/2023 6:36:29 PM PDT by
Clutch Martin
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