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To: Moominoid who wrote (10044)	10/11/2006 1:07:02 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) of 218155

A critical mass of 6.5 to 16 kg of plutonium is required to create an explosion, but this won't happen without the explosive implosion of the conventional high-explosives surrounding the plutonium sphere and a highly radioactive core. Technology North Korea doesn't know could reduce the size to 5.3 kg, but I suspect they would need more than 6.5 kg. The "Fat Man" plutonium bomb used in WW-II contained 6.5 kg of plutonium, of which only 1.2 kg was consumed, with the balance spread out as dust over Nagasaki. This fission of 18% of the material resulted in a 21 kilo-ton explosion. The North Korean bomb was reportedly 2 to 3 kilo-ton. Assuming the smallest amount of plutonium, this bomb fissioned roughly 1/2 of 1% of the plutonium. Obviously if the bomb were larger, the yield was even less than 1/2 of 1%. So does North Korea know how to make an atomic weapon? That depends on your definition of an atomic weapon. en.wikipedia.org .

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