[Southack]

"He knew his business when talking about nuclear triggers."

No, he did not. He thought that Tritium, a booster material, was an atomic trigger.

Hollywood can make movies with such nonsense, but that won't make a bomb go bang.

[processing please hold]

Well now, he's no longer here to dispute that...is he? You have the room all to yourself.

[Star Traveler]

You said -- "No, he did not. He thought that Tritium, a booster material, was an atomic trigger."

Well..., I'm not so sure you know what you're talking about either. But that doesn't matter because I'm not going to formulate my opinion of whether bombs are going to be smuggled in this country -- on the basis of nuclear triggers. Where there's a will, there's a way -- as the saying goes.

History is full of disasters that have happened that people said couldn't happen. So, prudent measures require us to assume that it *can happen* and then take measures to act upon that belief.

Regards,
Star Traveler

[doorgunner69]

He thought that Tritium, a booster material, was an atomic trigger.

Can be either. Definitely can be an initiator (which is what you mean by trigger) when generating a D-T fusion to whip up a burst of neutrons. No one uses polonium/beryllium these days, other than maybe someone whipping up a crude gun type device.