[Jimmy The Snake]

FYI - U235, the isotope needed for a bomb appears in .72% of Uranium atoms which are normally U238.

Takes a lot to get a little. So one ton gets you 14 lbs.

The Hiroshima, Little Boy bomb had 140 lbs of U235 in it giving a blast yield of 15 Kilo tons of TNT.

So that is 10 tons of Uranium.

[Texas Fossil]

It is not all done by refining. Enrichment is another way.

[shotgun]

Don’t forget it was all theoretical at that time and the process to extract it was basically trial and error, plus the whole plutonium process.

What great minds and people this country once produced. But thankfully this was all done before everyone had to have a college degree.

[flaglady47]

“The Hiroshima, Little Boy bomb had 140 lbs of U235 in it giving a blast yield of 15 Kilo tons of TNT.

So that is 10 tons of Uranium.”

Very interesting. Thanks for the info.

[103198]

I was watching the movie “zero Days” and they interviewed an IAEA inspector. He said that they found U236 in the Iranian mix.

I haven't checked out the IAEA reports, but any idea what “facility” OS state they got there “natural” uranium from that had U236?