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To: CatOwner

Generally, weapons grade fissile material is about 93% enriched, but:
FYI, people: 20% enriched U-235 is sufficient to create a bomb that will ignite an uncontrolled chain reaction, if the right bomb geometry is used and if you are willing to accept a larger bomb that may be delivered by train or ship, instead of a missile or aircraft!


10 posted on 01/02/2021 8:13:47 AM PST by 2harddrive (Go to www.CodeIsFreeSpeech.com for 10 FREE 3D-printer gun blueprints!)
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To: 2harddrive
Generally, weapons grade fissile material is about 93% enriched, but...

IIRC to enriching to 5-20% is the time consuming part.
Enriching up to weapons grade is much faster.

13 posted on 01/02/2021 4:10:27 PM PST by Vinnie
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