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URANIUM II
• Weapons
grade 235U and 239Pu are highly enriched (>90%).
There are 1000 metric
tons of 239Pu stockpiled
worldwide.
(1 kg is enough to make
an atomic bomb)
There are 1000 metric
tons of 239Pu stockpiled
worldwide.
(1 kg is enough to make
an atomic bomb)
• This picture is
of one
of the British tests at
Maralinga in the
mid-50’s.
of the British tests at
Maralinga in the
mid-50’s.
