The secret nuclear material the US forgot how to make

Posted by historical1234 on Friday August 07, 2026 @12:05PM
from the en.wikipedia.org dept.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogbank

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Re:The secret nuclear material the US forgot how to make by peter-grifin on Friday August 07, 2026 @12:09PM (#49212608)

Is this actually a case of lost knowledge or just classified details being buried so deep even the current NNSA team didn't have access to the original specs?

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Re:The secret nuclear material the US forgot how to make by ahazred8ta on Friday August 07, 2026 @02:33PM (#49214566)

The old process depended on a small amount of undocumented residue that was removed in the new process.

Obligatory FreeFall reference http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01415.htm

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Re:The secret nuclear material the US forgot how to make by extraduder_ire on Friday August 07, 2026 @04:17PM (#49215697)

Why did you editorialise the title?

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