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| Fire 'involving URANIUM' breaks out at Tennessee National Security Complex where America's first atom bomb was developed, forcing evacuation of 200 staffers |
| 2023-02-23 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 ^ Wasn't that long ago we were banging rocks together to make sharp things, back when a Clovis point was state of the art. Human technology has come a long way. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-02-23 19:14 |
| #1 Oh, yes, Uranium alloy can be highly flammable. Goes up basically like flash powder. I had to machine a Staballoy (depleted U) part for a test unit oh these many years ago. We got shown films on what goes wrong, which is lots. Point is you need to cut it in a sealed machine flooded with argon, and very sharp tools only. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-02-23 14:05 |