XPost: sci.physics.relativity   
   From: jimp@gonzo.specsol.net   
      
   In sci.physics Richard Hachel  wrote:   
   > Le 11/10/2024 à 09:52, Thomas Heger a écrit :   
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   >>   
   >> Possibly atomic bombs existed as early as 1908, and the so called   
   >> 'Tunguska event' was actually an atomic bomb explosion.   
   >> ...   
   >   
   > It is quite possible.   
      
   Such is quite impossible.   
      
   The damage covered an area of about 800 sq mi and the estimated energy   
   released was 3 to 30 megatons, which would require a thermonuclear   
   explosion and rules out a fission explosion.   
      
   Ground analysis of the site from shortly after the event and as recently   
   as 2013 all gives results consistant with a meteor air burst, i.e.   
   siicate and magnetite spheres and high proportions of nickel relative to   
   iron.   
      
   >   
   > It seems that this was the place where the Russians stored uranium.   
   >   
   > It is impossible to know that uranium had a critical mass and would   
   > explode in an atomic bomb.   
   >   
   > It is therefore possible that a fortuitous accident occurred by piling   
   > uranium on uranium.   
      
   It is quite impossible to get a fission explosion by simply piling up   
   uranium. The worst that could possibly happen is that a meltdown would   
   occur, which would NOT result in a fission explosion. Such would be   
   similar to the Chernobyl meltdown but would be much less severe as the   
   Chernobyl event had a steam explosion from the cooling water.   
      
      
      
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