Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!emory!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Thermonuclear Trigger Message-ID: <1990Nov30.022717.9391@cbnews.att.com> Date: 30 Nov 90 02:27:17 GMT References: <1990Nov29.003846.20519@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 15 Approved: military@att.att.com From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: John Masly >So I would guess that Oralloy is not a 'sparkplug' at all, but >something added to the design to enhance the end result. If you >want my guess at what Oralloy is, check out the definition of >'Tritium'... Oralloy is bomb-designer slang for U-235; it is short for "Oak Ridge alloy", Oak Ridge being the site of the first US uranium-enrichment plants. There is no secrecy or mystery about this. -- "The average pointer, statistically, |Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology points somewhere in X." -Hugh Redelmeier| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry