@wellerstein Is that plutonium fissioned, or total amount used including unburned/scattered fuel?
Your atomic fact of the day: during 47 years of nuclear testing, the USA "expended" 3.4 metric tons of plutonium (Trinity used only 6.2 kg)
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@braindrink Just total "expended." Actual % fissioned will vary by device.
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En 47 años de pruebas nucleares, EE. UU. consumió 3,4 toneladas de plutonio (la bomba Trinity contenía 6,2 kg). /vía
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@wellerstein 3/4 of which was produced at the Hanford Site, hence all the waste.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein: Your atomic fact of the day: during 47 years of nuclear testing, the USA "expended" 3.4 metric tons of plutonium.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein@braindrink It's about 4 kilotons of yield per mol of fissioned Pu-239.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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