Missing Uranium... 2.5t gone walkabout!
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vaud said:
Some Gump said:
That's what he wanted you to think.
Apparently he was quite shocked by 9-11 as the attack mirrored one of his stories.Re yellow cake don't you have to spin it in a centrifuge to create the unstable uranium used to make a bomb. An is that nit actually quite difficult
eharding said:
Gecko1978 said:
Re yellow cake don't you have to spin it in a centrifuge to create the unstable uranium used to make a bomb. An is that nit actually quite difficult
Two hopes of some ne're-do-well turning that yellowcake into a bomb - Bob Hope, and isotope.however a dirty bomb is much easier to make i recall
Gecko1978 said:
Broadly yes I recall but forget name of book which was before sum of all fears.
Re yellow cake don't you have to spin it in a centrifuge to create the unstable uranium used to make a bomb. An is that nit actually quite difficult
IIRC Yellow cake needs to be turned into a gas (using flourine) which can then be fed into a centrifuge. The isotopes are bled off and added to another centrifuge (rinse and repeat lots of time until you end up with refined Uranium). In order to make enough refined uranium to make something go bang, you need a lot of power and lots of time. Enriched Uranium is stable (although rather dangerous) and will quietly fizz away unless there's a big enough amount to make it go critical.Re yellow cake don't you have to spin it in a centrifuge to create the unstable uranium used to make a bomb. An is that nit actually quite difficult
If anyone has a few hours to waste, this is a great read. https://web.archive.org/web/20081004195210/http:/s...
It's about how 200 tons of YellowCake went missing and then somehow Israel suddenly had enough Uranium to keep Dimona going for a while....
It's about how 200 tons of YellowCake went missing and then somehow Israel suddenly had enough Uranium to keep Dimona going for a while....
gamefreaks said:
If anyone has a few hours to waste, this is a great read. https://web.archive.org/web/20081004195210/http:/s...
It's about how 200 tons of YellowCake went missing and then somehow Israel suddenly had enough Uranium to keep Dimona going for a while....
Didn't Israel develop nuclear weapons with South Africa who gave them up post apartheid but Israel have never disclosed if they really do have themIt's about how 200 tons of YellowCake went missing and then somehow Israel suddenly had enough Uranium to keep Dimona going for a while....
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