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Yes: The classic uranium gun-type weapon design works beautifully with U-233. Very low spontaneous fission, very excellent neutronics. U-233 is unequivocally e
by acidburnNSA 7y ago
Yes: The classic uranium gun-type weapon design works beautifully with U-233. Very low spontaneous fission, very excellent neutronics.
U-233 is unequivocally excellent weapons material. That's undebated fundamental nuclear physics. A Significant Quantity of U-233 is defined as 8 kg, better than U-235! [1] The folks down at Los Alamos aren't messing around.
[1] https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-11-03368 https://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lar...
Just read this: http://fissilematerials.org/library/sgs09kang.pdf http://fissilematerials.org/library/sgs09kang.pdf