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   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) to trident   
   Re: Why is californium nuke unfeasible?   
   27 May 16 14:07:59   
   
   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 5/27/16 9:31 AM, trident wrote:   
   > As above.   
   >   
      
   	Half-life. You have to manufacture the stuff and it's inherently   
   exceedingly unstable, so gathering enough of it together to make a nuke,   
   and then KEEPING IT HANDY long enough without decay products destroying   
   your nuke's viability, is really pretty much infeasible.   
      
      
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