Uranium Bomb Building Basics

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Uranium- Bomb Building Basics

• International Womens Day Disarmament Seminar

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What are Fissile Materials?

• Atoms that can be split in a self sustaining
  chain reaction to release enormous amounts of
  energy.
• Uranium
• Plutonium

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Uranium in Nuclear Weapons

• Must have MINIMUM 20 U-235
• Usually has over 90- Highly Enriched Uranium
  (HEU)
• Bomb dropped on Hiroshima was 60 Kg of HEU.

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Uranium Reserves in Africa
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Top Uranium Producers

• Australia
• Canada
• China
• Kazakhstan

• Namimbia
• Niger
• Russia
• Uzbekistan

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One of the radio active tailing ponds positioned
100m from a Santhal village at Jadugora in
Jharkand.
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Ranger Mine
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Enrichment Processes

• Gaseous Diffusion
• Gas Centrifuges
• Electromagnetic Isotope Separation
• Jet Nozzle/ Aerodynamic Separation

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Who Has Done It?

• All NWS- both NPT and non NPT
• Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Argentina, Australia,
  Brazil, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa
  and South Korea.

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Waste or Weapon?

• Depleted Uranium
• Dense, hard metal
• Can cause chemical poisoning
• Spontaneously burns on impact
• Half life of 4.5 BILLION years
• Manufactured for DU weapons by France, UK and
  USA.

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