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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis
I think the terrorist threat of nuclear weapons may be under-estimated. There are some claims that even reactor grade uranium and plutonium could be made into nuclear bombs. They would not be efficient, but they could yield up to a kiloton, more than enough to take down one or more skyscrapers. |
The isotope mix is the issue. One thing is certain: A bomb made with something like reactor grade uranium would be
much more difficult to build. It is far from a first generation design.