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1 posted on 12/25/2015 12:08:10 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Link?


2 posted on 12/25/2015 12:21:02 PM PST by Former Proud Canadian
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Oh, wonderful, we are making H Bombs again. Let’s see, thirty five kilos of fusion fuel should equil about two or three hundred million souls. If used on cities. Less than a ounce per kiloton yield.

Why at that rate, we may even have as much as Iran.


3 posted on 12/25/2015 12:27:30 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2013/20130920-pu-238-is-crucial-for-space-exploration-and-we-are-almost-out.html?referrer=https://search.yahoo.com/


6 posted on 12/25/2015 12:42:43 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: BenLurkin

FYI to all:
Pu238 is a fascinating Isotope.
In theory you could build a bomb out of it but it would melt WAY before it got anywhere near critical mass.

It has a 1/2 life of 88 years and just sits there and generates loads of heat.
A few grams of it will actually glow orange hot.

So far, it is the only way of generating power farther than Mars from the Sun
When Seaborg originally created it, the hope was it would rapid decay to U235.
Very expensive to create and it takes a long time but mandatory for continued NASA missions.


11 posted on 12/25/2015 1:55:20 PM PST by Zathras
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