"!Dr. Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > Where did this bullshit come from? Did someone take a ravioli recipe and do some search and replace?
Is Dr. Joe Baptista really Jim Choate in disguise? My favorite short quote : "The trick is to bring the U-235 masses together at the same time." I'm slow, I know, so I'm still trying to figure out how to do it any other way when you have only two pieces. Could someone help me understand this part of the design? I would have to say, though, that my absolute favorite part is where one starts with a supercritical mass and subsequently divides it into two equal parts in order to prepare the device. ROTFL. Anyone gonna post fast neutron cross-section data for Pu and U isotopes? M >One thing that is bothering me these days are all the reports coming out >of Afganistan that nuclear bomb making plans were found. Big >deal. Anyone on the planet can make a nuclear device if they have the >appropriate materials. The hard part is staying alive due to exposure >while manufacturing the device. > >If however death is not an issue then the process itself becomes easy to >accomplish. > >Materials >--------- > > 4 stainless steal salad bowls (5 - 8 inch diameter) >10 pounds of U-235 (Plutonium) > 1 containment cylinder in which to fit the salad bowls > ? some explosives - C4 platic works best - but TNT or gun powder is >acceptable. > >Assembly >-------- > >10 pounds of U-235 is required to achive critical mass. However less will >work but you will get a sub critical mass on detonation. The difference >is taking out an entire city as opposed to a few city blocks. > >Divide the U-235 into two five pound masses. Beat it evenly into the >inside of one of your salad bowls. U-235 is malleable like gold so you >should have no problem shaping it. Do the same with the other U-235 mass >and shape it into the other salad bowl. > >Keep the two bowls apart - you don't want an accident to cause your >project to go critical. > >C4 explosives work best. You simply mold the C4 into the other two salad >bowls. This is the most dangerous part of the project. Improper handling >of C4 can cause an explosion. But gun powder is just as effective. > >Now fit the U-235 salad bowls into the C4 salad bowls and place them at >each end of the cylindrical containment. Connect your explosives to a >detonator and close off the ends of the cylynder. Make sure the detonator >sets off both explosives at the same time. > >The trick is to bring the U-235 masses together at the same time. > >And thats it. I would recommend some form of protection while building >the project. The aprons worn by dentists will work. They will protect >you to some degree from radioactive poisoning. However - your life is >only being prolonged by taking such measures - you still will end up dead >due to the U-235 radiation regardless of what you do. > >And thats it. > >Conclusion >---------- > >Anyone on this planet can build a nuclear device. So the only issue in >building the device is the will to die for a cause. And the only thing I >find unfortunate in all of this is that there are so many causes that >people are willing to die for. And war will not make those reasons go >away - it will only encourage them. > >regards >joe baptista >