The Kitchen Table Atom Bomb...review

[AndrewsJP@AOL.COM]

You say in this report:  


   'The report adds: "Even if the device, when detonated, did not produce a significant nuclear explosion, the explosion of the chemical high explosives would disperse the plutonium widely." 


   'So much of the stricken city would remain uninhabitable until decontaminated, which could take years. '


Please note, aside from the fact that such a weapon will not provide a nuclear explosion for a variety of physical reasons, that the standard method for recovering from widespread plutonium contamination in buildings and streets is to simply paint it, then clean up the paint.  This is relatively clean and quick; not the scenario you propose.  This technique is slightly more difficult in tomato fields and on snow and ice, but the process still works.

 

John Andrews

Knoxville, Tennessee