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Kimmo Huosionmaa
When we are talking about special nuclear devices, what came in the public knowledge with the Frederick Forsyth’s book “The 4th. protocol”. Those small size atomic ammunition would bring to the country in pieces, and they could put to use from pieces. That kind of devices uses of course highly radioactive material, and they could be seen by sensors, what would detect nuclear radiation. That kind of weapons is not very difficult to make if the makers have right materials in their hands. In that book, some KGB officials would make a terrorist attack by using this kind of device for setting up the nuclear accident.
But when we are thinking that fictional book, we might write the new end for it. This new end would be that somebody would traffic the nuclear material from Russia to the dark operations. A problem with nuclear material is the high control. If somebody steals that material, the productions of chain reaction would help to locate the place, where that material is coming from. And by trafficking the nuclear material from Russia, would the makers of that device hire their identity, if they are western citizens.
This is why I’m concerning about the Polonium murder of Alexander Litvinenko because that material would need the thing, what is called as “luminous badge”. This thing works as a neutron source in cannon devices, what are not normally used in military weapons. But in this case, canon device could be more sophisticated than implosion mechanism. Another good material for the neutron source could be Radium. This part is the thing what is targeted by a piece of Plutonium, and it boosts the neutron impact to inside that device. This device would have no safety systems, and it could be very dangerous in wrong hands.
But the thing is not so simple as persons usually think. The nuclear device would not necessarily cause the death of the manufacturer, and those pieces of nuclear material would not send enough radiation, that alarm system would launch. Those nuclear devices can be packed in the water tanks, and the water would be great isolation material for radiation. Why I’m concerning about this thing, is that somebody could steal highly radioactive Polonium-isotope from the laboratory. And maybe this same person could steal highly fissile nuclear material from the reactors or from nuclear waste.
Those pieces of plutonium can carry inside the water tank or they can also close in the rubber ball, what is covered with gold leaf. And that would isolate those radioactive rays from outside. And that would cause the very risky situation. If that kind of device would be built, the structure of that atomic weapon would not be very complicated.
There would be one tube, where is one piece of plutonium. That tube would be loaded with explosives, what would shoot the bite of plutonium inside another bite of this material. And if the builder wants would he use Polonium plate as the booster for neutron source. If somebody wants to use this kind of device in terror-attack, the results would be very horrible and devastating.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexander_Litvinenko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTbRQKROpY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6438AsuA6Y
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