I am no expert on nuclear ordinance, but it seems to me that such a weapon MUST be emitting radiation. And certainly we have improved our radioactivity detection devices since that age. So shouldn’t such devices be brought to the area and a search begun anew?
Dunno.
Lot’s of Hurricanes, ebb and flow, have occured since then. It could be covered with so much sand that it would be impossible to find.
Plutonium is an alpha emitter.
There was a TV special about the recent hunt for the bomb.
It’s a private organization looking for the bomb. Kind of like Moster Quest only it’s a bomb quest.
You’d have to be real close to be able to detect any radiation emitted...Probably within 20-25 feet. The water surrounding the bomb would attenuate all the radiation beyond that point. And if the bomb has silted over to any significant amount, forget it—something that heavy probably buried itself at least halfway in the seabed anyway.
No danger of it going off, it went in unarmed, and sufficient decay over 50 years should prevent it now if it should arm. For 10 years they kept the onshore area restricted for that reason.
No “plutonium trigger?”