----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:52 AM Subject: Re: Doing Business With The Enemy
> Could you explain what a "nuclear bomb trigger" consists of? Does this > mean something like an electronic timer? A conventional explosive to > cause an implosion? Something else? I'm just trying to understand how > specialized these "triggers" were. Sure. It is a small, rugged pulsed neutron generator. It generates about 10^8 neutrons per second, with energies of 14 Mev in very short (measured in microseconds) bursts. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l