Re:Weapon physicist declassifies rescued nuclear test films
by droopybuns on Thursday March 16, 2017 @12:00PM
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>>basically cleverly mixed soil
Very carefully selected soil, where conditions are correct to achieve exponential growth in reactions.
Not all elements are fissile.
I didn't really understand this till recently- so I thought I'd share. Propaganda films from the 50s celebrating the Power of the Atom are a little broad in their claims.
Very carefully selected soil, where conditions are correct to achieve exponential growth in reactions.
Not all elements are fissile.
I didn't really understand this till recently- so I thought I'd share. Propaganda films from the 50s celebrating the Power of the Atom are a little broad in their claims.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fuel