[ RadSafe ] Curiosity query

[Joseph Shonka]

Wikipedia has 64 kg at 80% enrichment.  If you want the exposure rate, you
should consider self shielding.


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 3:59 PM, <JPreisig at aol.com> wrote:

> Hmmmmm,
>
>     450 kg of HEU???? sounds like much too much.  Try  again.
>
>     Joe Preisig
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 8/5/2013 2:50:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> PHILIP.KARAM at nypd.org writes:
>
> If I got  the math right, about 450 kg of HEU is 1 Ci (37 GBq) with a dose
> rate of less  than 70 mR/hr (0.7 mGy/hr) at 1 meter. So from a radiation
> safety standpoint,  not that big a deal.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Maury
> Sent:  Monday, August 05, 2013 12:17 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection  (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Curiosity  query
>
> Can anyone tell me or suggest a link to description of the size  and
> weight of the radioactive components of the Hiroshima bomb?  Also  would
> like to know weight and size of the shielding required to handle  this
> material.  How did they load this material onto the USS  Indianapolis
> without lethal irradiation of handlers?  Am wondering if  these answers
> would shed any light on what would be required to attempt a  practicable
> so-called dirty bomb if not a practicable nuclear  weapon.
>
> Seems to me that terrorist groups would be hard pressed to  handle a
> nuclear weapon even if any of our opponents saw fit to give them  one
> ...?  The implication to me is that a dirty bomb of any serious  yield
> would not be feasible?
>
> Thanks for  comments.
> Maury&Dog
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