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From: jmc@riccb.UUCP (Jeff McQuinn )
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Subject: Re: Small Nuclear Bombs
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>     I was talking to an ex-LLL physicist once who told me that there 
> is an isotope of Californium with a *very small* critical mass (a few
> grams, I think it was). This opened the theoretical possibility of a
> hand grenade sized nuclear weapon.
> 

Californium, isn't that one of those wonderful man-made elements whose shelf
life can be measured in microseconds? No wonder it's "theoretically" possible.

				Jeff McQuinn just VAXing around