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Re: German torpedoes and the Kursk
Posted by: ROBERT M. ()
Date: November 27, 2008 01:00AM

Thomas Horton, et al:

The cores are fabricated from composites of uranium and plutonium while the tampers/reflectors are made of beryllium and natural or depleted uranium.

Nuclear materials are fabricated at the Rocky Flats and Y-12 plants. Rocky Flats
assembles the "pits" of fission implosion weapons. The "pit" is that part of the warhead inside the chemical high explosive, and contains the fissile core and its surrounding tamper.

You can go to page 38 at [docs.nrdc.org]

Later,

ROBERT M.

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