>>>What he did was replicate some experiments from the turn of the (last)
century, using the Be (or Al, but Be is better) + alpha -> neutron
reaction, then used the neutron flux to activate fissile and fertile
materials (as well as everything around him), discovering n cross sections
and moderation in the process. Chadwick to Fermi. If you get quantitative,
you can see that he obtained an extraordinary amount of hot material to
start with. A millicurie of Am-241 (1000 smoke detectors), and then the Ra
in the paint. Maybe an oz of paint, you use maybe 1/1000 part Ra salt to
1000 parts ZnS, that's about 28 millicuries of Ra. Plus his little metallic
reduction efforts concentrated things nicely. ... Marie Curie's lab
notebooks are kept in lead boxes. <<
Shame Mongo isn't.( I was wondering why Mong was getting worked up when I
remembered...he brush's his teeth with DU,it's good for you donchaknow.
There does seem to be enough sources lying around to help a Kansas City
style truck bomb along.
There is a whole mountain of the stuff sitting out in the middle of
Queensland,then there's all the hospital sources...remember that machine
that was broken into down Mexico way and some was recycled into house framing?
It certainly doesn't hurt this list to work on the warthland security
paranoia...so fuck you May,no one's made you pope.
