To: Songcraft
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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."`)
To: dayglored; Songcraft
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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."`)
To: dayglored
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)
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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