From: Ralph Lewis (rlewis10us@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 08:50:31 MDT
Oak Ridge also though if there was a fire they should use water on the U to
put out the fire! Apparently no one bothered to tell them that would speed
up neutrons and cause a radiation flash.
Oh Well, as they say your tax dollars at work.
Best Ralph
At 03:09 PM 05/31/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>Trinity experiment.
>
>Emilio Segrč told me that an accurate calculation,
>about that problem, was made by himself and Bruno
>Rossi, by order of Robert Oppenheimer.
>"When we were performing that calculation (involving pressures,
>neutron density, temperatures, etc.) we also met Enrico Fermi,
>who has already done his own calculation."
>
>Segrč told that the main danger was the production of
>U-235, at Oak Ridge. For some reason (military secret)
>nobody, at Oak Ridge, was aware about the critical mass
>problem. So they used to stock very dangerous quantities
>of U-235 ! Oppy immediately sent Segrč down there ....
>
>- S.
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