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[โ€“] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

30 pounds of Uranium 235 which is 0.72% of natural uranium, so a bit more but still your point stands.

[โ€“] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Anyone with the capacity to enrich uranium can probably also make plutonium, which is made from u238, so you really dont need that much. I belive you can chemically it separate as well.