Re: Strategic Special Nuclear Material

["Michael P. Grissom" <mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

In the SNM business, mass counts, of course.  
But one should not forget about whether the 
material is "fissile" or just "fissionable", 
especially in the context of "strategic".

At 02:39 PM 10/6/95 -0500, you wrote:
>SNM = Special Nuclear Material
>...
>Note:  Source material is basically uranium 
>and thorium and their ores.
>
>Thus, I guess that "SNM of low strategic 
>significance" would be isotopes of Pu and U 
>that are in such low quantities or low 
>enrichment levels that they could not readily 
>be used for strategic purposes.
>...
>David Wannigman
>Dwannigman@lanl.gov
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