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From: roberts@stsci.EDU (Jim Roberts)
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Subject: Re: Terminology:Nuclear, Atomic, Neutron
Message-ID: <1991Mar1.053147.29904@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 1 Mar 91 05:31:47 GMT
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From: roberts@stsci.EDU (Jim Roberts)

In article <1991Feb28.052457.10592@cbnews.att.com> deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman) writes:
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[a completely correct discussion]
>
>-shane

The term "atomic bomb" was a misnomer acsribable to the poor general
scientific knowledge among the "experts" of the day.  The ultimate
energy source of "nuclear weapons" and "atomic weapons" is the energy
stored in the atomic nucleus, whatever its source.


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Jim Roberts	roberts@stsci.edu	scivax::roberts