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Those crazt Swedes

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:05 am
by Omphalos

Re: Those crazt Swedes

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:20 am
by SadisticCynic
:shock=: Wow, talk about stupid!

Re: Those crazt Swedes

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:37 am
by SandChigger
Yeah, fear and moan monger Marilyn Martin already posted a link to the story over in one of her threads in the Amazon Science Fiction forum; wondered "how many haven't they caught yet". :roll:

Not too worried here.

Re: Those crazt Swedes

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:55 am
by Freakzilla
Don't you need like tons of fuel in a pile to start a chain reaction?

What a maroon. :roll:

Re: Those crazt Swedes

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:40 am
by SadisticCynic
According to wiki you'd need about 15kg of uranium-233 in a sphere of about 11cm diameter to reach critical mass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_m ... are_sphere

Of course there are other variables, and presumably it would be pretty impressive if he managed to get his hands on that much uranium.

Re: Those crazt Swedes

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 11:14 am
by Freakzilla
Still, you'd have to surround it in water, contained in a concreet and steel vessel and a way to cool the water...

I'd like to know more about how he was trying to do it, if he'd actually thought about all that stuff.

Re: Those crazt Swedes

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:29 pm
by A Thing of Eternity
Not really a very big deal if it was just tiny quantities, I imagine he won't really get in much trouble since he essentially reported himself!

Re: Those crazt Swedes

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:44 am
by Liege-Killer
Only later did he realize it might not be legal and sent a question to Sweden's Radiation Authority, which answered by sending the police.
At least he got a definitive answer to his question.