Critical mass |
![]() Fissionable material is a mass of heavy radioactive isotope (or mixture of isotopes) large enough to sustain an uncontrolled chain reaction when suddenly assembled from smaller parts by a dynamite implosion. 50 kg's of 235U is fissionable. Natural uranium ,which is mostly 238U, is not. Plutonium is made in a breeder reactor. Now that is a worry. |
Fifty kilogams of 235U will fit in a camera bag. |