On 6/13/2024 10:58 PM, Jeff Scott via KRnet wrote:
I once heard or read that it was lithium that they added to
the atomic bomb in WWII to increase the yield. As atomic weapons were
not a settled science at that point they added too much on one test and
they nearly wiped out a few observers.
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My timing was off 10 years or so. It apparently was the Castle Bravo
test in 1954 that the engineers lack of understanding of the reaction of
Lithium 7 that nearly took out some engineers. They were rescued by
helicopter as I recall . At least that's how I recall the event being told.
Jeff, with your background, could you possibly come up with a nuclear
reactor to power the KR? I'm not sure what the benefit would be as I'd
still have to come down to pee. 🙂
Larry
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