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To: backhoe, Physicist
Have you folks come across any information on making so called "clean bombs" that have little long lasting radiation? If I remember correctly Edward Teller mentioned these weapons were creatable but looking around the net today I found many sites that said it was a fiction. Any thoughts on it?
13 posted on 03/21/2002 10:56:59 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring
While I don't have a link specific to that, I do recall that nuclear warheads can be made and detonated to produce minimal fallout.... and the opposite is true, too. A cobalt casing will yield extremely long-lasting fallout and local radiation if set off as a ground burst. More general info here:

Nuclear News you *can* use--

14 posted on 03/21/2002 11:30:12 AM PST by backhoe
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