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To: Songcraft
> Plutonium.

Any idea how big that pellet is? I can't tell from the photo, 10 feet wide or 0.1-inch wide...

11 posted on 05/20/2019 6:27:56 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored; Songcraft
> I can't tell from the photo, 10 feet wide or 0.1-inch wide...

BTW, I do realize it can't be 10 feet wide, as criticality starts when it's maybe half a foot wide.

18 posted on 05/20/2019 6:48:33 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: dayglored

Not sure.

(I got that picture from here >>===> "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium".)

20 posted on 05/20/2019 6:54:00 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: dayglored

If not something that was just cast, that may be mostly Pu-240. These are commonly used in RTG (radioisotope thermal generators) used in deep space probes.


26 posted on 05/20/2019 7:15:16 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: dayglored

If only 0.1” and unshielded, when you manage to get with in 100 yards and after losing all you hair, bleeding out of every orifice, you will far over dead.


36 posted on 05/21/2019 1:34:17 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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