- Project, weapons-grade
highly enriched uranium was
given the
codename oralloy, a
shortened version of Oak
Ridge alloy,
after the
location of the plants...
- delivery, the
entire system was jettisoned. The W53
warhead of the B53 used
oralloy (highly
enriched uranium)
instead of
plutonium for fission, with a mix...
- (12 km). The Ivy King bomb,
designated as a Mk-18 bomb and
named the "Super
Oralloy Bomb", was a
modified version of the Mk-6D bomb.
Instead of
using an implosion...
-
suffered minor heat and
blast damage and
safely returned to base. This "Super
Oralloy Bomb" was
intended as a
backup to the
earlier "Mike" test, if the fusion...
- "X-Metal"
during World War II. Similarly,
enriched uranium was
referred to as
Oralloy (Oak
Ridge alloy), and
depleted uranium was
referred to as Depletalloy...
- The Mark 18
nuclear bomb, also
known as the SOB or
Super Oralloy Bomb, was an
American nuclear bomb
design which was the
highest yield fission bomb produced...
-
cancelled in
September 1953. The Mark 18
nuclear bomb also
known as the
Super Oralloy Bomb (or its
initials SOB)
utilized the 92-point Mark 13
implosion system...
-
supporters ****ociation)
Suggested opening bid, a term in
auctioneering Super Oralloy Bomb, a
nuclear bomb
Senate Office Building Dirksen Senate Office Building...
-
although some were
smaller or larger. The
uranium was in the form of
oralloy:
uranium enriched to 93.2
percent uranium-235. The
tubes had a hexagonal...
- 600 t I-131
venting detected, 100 Ci (3,700 GBq) Fizzle,
unboosted all-
oralloy small weapon design.
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