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Old 17-03-2011, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by sjastro View Post
Bert,

A nice story but it seems to defy the laws of nuclear physics....

I've never heard of a uranium hexafluoride solvent that can also serve as a nuclear moderator to produce thermal neutrons that can initiate the reaction.

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Steven
There is a fuller report in Nature and New Scientist. Once you get a couple of kg of U235 in the one place you have a problem!

bert
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