[geeks] NSI must die!!!!

[Tim H.]

Isn't the whole process of manufacturing only dangerous if your desire
is to survive?

Tim

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:34:05 -0700
David Passmore <dpassmor at sneakers.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 12:15:59PM -0500, Eric Dittman wrote:
> 
> > The type of nuclear material needed depends on the type of
> > weapon one wanted to make.  A dirty bomb is easy, fission
> > bombs and above are increasingly more difficult.  Most
> > likely the best one could do would be a low-yield fission
> > bomb.
> 
> You'll need purified weapons-grade uranium. This isn't stuff you can
> make in your garage. It takes some pretty hefty equipment (IE, entire
> factories) to purify uranium. Plus, you have to be able to machine it,
> which is in and of itself an extraordinarily dangerous activity. Once
> you actually /have/ that though, the bomb itself is simple.
> 
> David
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