to bounce off Cheryl:
Clickbait.
It was a radiothermal generator that uses radioactive decay heat to make electricity (or uses the heat directly).
We make Pu-238 from Np-237.
Heat source plutonium: not weapons usable by itself (could blend) & can be extremely carcinogenic if uptaken.
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
to bounce off Cheryl:
Clickbait.
It was a radiothermal generator that uses radioactive decay heat to make electricity (or uses the heat directly).
We make Pu-238 from Np-237.
Heat source plutonium: not weapons usable by itself (could blend) & can be extremely carcinogenic if uptaken.
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ko-fi.com/laufeyjardot...
Thought It'd been a while, at least no painful flashbacks this time I guess, I just feel stupid
Thought It'd been a while, at least no painful flashbacks this time I guess, I just feel stupid