DARPA’s planned nuclear rocket would use enough fuel to build a bomb
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The US is still regulating some enriched uranium based on an analysis from the 1950s.
And hopefully not *be* one
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The US is still regulating some enriched uranium based on an analysis from the 1950s.
And hopefully not *be* one
Really, really old sci-fi book "When Worlds Collide" I believe had atomic rockets in it. Yep I found them When Worlds Collide - Wikipedia[^] and After Worlds Collide - Wikipedia[^] Now try to find them in a library.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Really, really old sci-fi book "When Worlds Collide" I believe had atomic rockets in it. Yep I found them When Worlds Collide - Wikipedia[^] and After Worlds Collide - Wikipedia[^] Now try to find them in a library.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
I would have expected those to be on Project Gutenberg, but no luck (nor at my library, double drat)
TTFN - Kent
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The US is still regulating some enriched uranium based on an analysis from the 1950s.
And hopefully not *be* one
Regarding the usability of not highly enriched uranium, there is a paywalled article in the current edition of Science: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado8693[^] It tells us that uranium enriched to more than 10% U-235 can be used to build a bomb, but you may need a ton of it. On the other hand, when such 10-20% enriched uranium is used - and thus produced - for commercial purposes, the currently clear line of distinction of "weapon uranium" and "civil uranium" gets blurred, and non-proliferation checks fail.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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I would have expected those to be on Project Gutenberg, but no luck (nor at my library, double drat)
TTFN - Kent
Found them here When Worlds Collide book by Philip Wylie[^]
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated. I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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I would have expected those to be on Project Gutenberg, but no luck (nor at my library, double drat)
TTFN - Kent
They are available as Kindle books.
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