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Urbane Guerrilla · 10-17-2006, 10:15 PM

And now it's all over the place that there are plutonium fission products detectable in air samplings, and that the yield was a fizzle yield approximating 200 tons of TNT.

Spent uranium would be U238, which is difficult to fission. You have to really spray it with neutrons.

Nor is it a case of "fears to talk." It's a recognition that talk will do no good at all, as the North Koreans are under orders from on high to negotiate in bad faith only -- one reason why they are a pariah.

10-17-2006, 10:15 PM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	And now it's all over the place that there are plutonium fission products detectable in air samplings, and that the yield was a fizzle yield approximating 200 tons of TNT. Spent uranium would be U238, which is difficult to fission. You have to really spray it with neutrons. Nor is it a case of "fears to talk." It's a recognition that talk will do no good at all, as the North Koreans are under orders from on high to negotiate in bad faith only -- one reason why they are a pariah. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.