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Re: Strategic Special Nuclear Material



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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