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NunyaBidness | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Was it weapons grade uranium?
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sersleepy | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 https://y.yarn.co/8d0779c9-9c4a-4bcf-95d7-84bc63c0cded_text.gif
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hodlbod | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Pretty tame, 1-5% pure
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mark tyler | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 By mass I’m guessing? How much was the total mass?
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hodlbod | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 5-10 lbs maybe?
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frphank | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Even pure uranium is tame. Nucleae fission needs some degree of enrichment.
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mark tyler | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Wow. Yeah hard to know what exactly it is, but even pure yellowcake has “very low radioactivity” though it is dangerous if inhaled. Very cool.
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NunyaBidness | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Pffft!

Can’t even heat a can of soup with that.