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To: MindBender26
But if they mix in some Pu bought from stocks created when USSR dissolved, all results are skewed.

No. It doesn't work that way. If their enriched uranium undergoes fission a distinct signature will be left regardless of other reactions that may also take place.

11 posted on 12/28/2011 11:56:34 AM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: ElkGroveDan

From my memory, determination of source is accomplished through detection and quantitative analysis of trace remainder elements. Adding other PU would skew results, would it not?


12 posted on 12/28/2011 1:40:16 PM PST by MindBender26 (Don't bother me with the small stuff. I'm too busy trying to save the Republic from Obamaism)
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