Why do we use Uranium and Plutonium for nukes? Is it possible to use other elements?
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There’s also a concept know as “salted bombs” I think the most popular material for this theoretical bomb is cobalt 60. It’s a nuclear bomb that “salts” the earth with radioactive fallout that has a high half life regards to more traditional nuclear fallout from like atom bombs or hydrogen bombs.
Normal nuclear fallout makes an area effected by its fallout uninhabitable for 6 months to a couple years based on what bomb, and the conditions in the area. “Salted bombs” like a cobalt 60 bomb make the area uninhabitable for decades to centuries.
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