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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (10033)	10/10/2006 6:59:00 PM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218167

best esplanation i've heard all week. thanks.

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (10033)	10/10/2006 10:02:08 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218167

Good summary - if the implosion isn't right, you burn (fission) very little plutonium, and get very low yield. Wikipedia has some very good articles on nuclear weapons. en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org Cary Sublett has some detailed articles on the history and design of individual weapons. nuclearweaponarchive.org From what I have been told, the accuracy of these articles is very high - > 97% accurate. The effects of nuclear weapons - there is a great publication on this, now in electronic form, here - cddc.vt.edu The paper version has a neat circular slide rule in a the back pocket used for calculating weapons effects - If a 200 kt weapon detonates at 2500 feet, what is the over pressure 25 miles away ? Oops, looks like the electronic form isn't there...