Re: Fission Bomb Geometries

[JPreisig@AOL.COM]

Hmmmmm....



     This is from:   jpreisig@aol.com    .





     Hello Radsafers,



           Thanks to Dave Neil and David W. Lee for their clarifications 

about the Louis

      Slotin Accident Description.  They vary considerably from what I had

      read a long time ago.  These more official versions are clearly 

factual.



           As for Robert D. Gallagher, thanks for the flame message.  Yes,

      I should have spelled Americium correctly.  I apologize.



      I am who I claim to be.  Research my subject??? --- Maybe You should!!!



      The Americium (Am-241) in smoke detectors, if it indeed emits alpha 

      particles, can be combined with Be to produce neutrons.  The reaction

      is an (alpha, neutron) reaction.  Sure, it would be a stretch to 

collect 

      enough Americium this way, but Terrorists have time on their hands and

      are motivated.



      Ahh yes, my Rad Health Handbook shows that Am-241 does emit

     alpha particles.  AmBe sources emit neutrons, as most of us already

     know.



      I didn't spell too well last evening.  But AmBe sources do produce 

neutrons!!!





                                               J.R. Preisig, BA, MS, MA, PhD







     P.S. DUH!!!!





 



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