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944 posted on 11/04/2022 6:55:46 PM PDT by Melian ( Reminder: Memes are made to make you think. Do your own research before reposting. )
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946 posted on 11/04/2022 7:01:33 PM PDT by Melian ( Reminder: Memes are made to make you think. Do your own research before reposting. )
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Christmas present sock-stuffer slippage [meme at post # 944] . . .

Well, "Mariah" might get her Curie-ous wish, but she would first have to mine some natural uranium [U-238].

At an average concentration of three parts per million, uranium is 40 times more abundant than silver [Ag] in the Earth's crust.
Terrestrial uranium deposits are 99.3% U-238, & just 0.7% U-235.
The scarcer U-235 isotope is needed for nuclear fission.

She would then have to upgrade her lab equipment with some centrifuges & other gear [like we have here !?], to "enrich" the naturally mined ore by increasing its U-235 component to over 3%.

The Hiroshima bomb contained 141 pounds [64 kg] of U-235, of which ~ 2.2 pounds [one kg] actually detonated; enough to release the energy equivalent of 13 kilotons of TNT.

Perhaps she could produce enough U-235 to power a small reactor.

Might be easier just to ask Vladimir if he can spare a few kilos left over from the Rosatom / Uranium One deal.

Thanks for the meme.

997 posted on 11/04/2022 10:59:58 PM PDT by goldbux (β€œThe whole world is a very narrow bridge. The main thing is to have no fear at all.” –– R. Nachman)
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