http://nmindependent.disqus.com/enTue, 08 Jul 2008 08:55:10 -0000http://70.32.121.217/789/nm-solicits-perceptions-of-los-alamos-from-those-who-live-nearby#comment-2502029<p>Thanks for the input Dave. I was going off this definition:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_design#Plutonium_pit" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon_design#Plutonium_pit">http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...</a></p><p>"The core of an implosion weapon â€" the fissile material and any reflector or tamper bonded to it â€" is known as the pit. Some weapons tested during the 1950s used pits made with U-235 alone, or in composite with plutonium,[8] but all-plutonium pits are the smallest in diameter and have been the standard since the early 1960s."</p><p>As well as the definition cited in the AP report that I cited:</p><p><a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLlCrUKKwQnr5aj2NZS-hzUqzkOgD91KUJ002" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLlCrUKKwQnr5aj2NZS-hzUqzkOgD91KUJ002">http://ap.google.com/articl...</a></p>bleveTue, 08 Jul 2008 08:55:10 -0000http://70.32.121.217/789/nm-solicits-perceptions-of-los-alamos-from-those-who-live-nearby#comment-2502030<p>Benito,</p><p>You can not have a "plutonium pit" as PIT is an acronym for Plutonium Implosion Trigger. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boosted_fission_weapon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boosted_fission_weapon">http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...</a> for more details.</p><p>,dave</p>davebarnesTue, 08 Jul 2008 06:14:37 -0000