What Kiloton Range Would Crude Nuclear Gun Bombs Have?
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#73ZKR)
Iran cannot use 60% enriched uranium directly in its current form (UF, which is stored as a solid in cylinders but handled as a gas or liquid during processing) to build a gun-type nuclear bomb. It must first be converted to metallic uranium, which is required for any fission weapon core. However, once converted they ...