Lost Nukes

[Ranger353]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbN4hqaHlo4

Apparently others are asking the same questions; just ran across this video on YouTube.

[Wulf202]

That's not as scary as the lost plutonium that was found behind a file cabinet at Hanford

[Zundfolge]

I wonder why there hasn't been a more consolidated effort to find and recover so many devices, especially given the environmental impact of such a potential disaster?

I would assume that such efforts would be classified (and would have happened years after the losses so may still be classified) so it's quite possible that most (or some or all) of the lost nukes have since been recovered.

[MarkCO]

Apollo 13 had close to 4Kg of Plutonium that is now on the sea floor. Depending on depth, there is not enough oxygen to corrode even a cast iron casing. Sea water won't erode it either. Most casings for nuclear materiel are made of highly corrosion resistant materials anyway, so the risk of degradation to the casing is miniscule. Without maintenance, a nuclear device won't produce an atomic explosion after about 6 months.

Not going to say there is not a risk, but I think in the grand scheme of things, not that much of a risk.

[Ranger353]

Apollo 13 had close to 4Kg of Plutonium that is now on the sea floor. Depending on depth, there is not enough oxygen to corrode even a cast iron casing. Sea water won't erode it either. Most casings for nuclear materiel are made of highly corrosion resistant materials anyway, so the risk of degradation to the casing is miniscule. Without maintenance, a nuclear device won't produce an atomic explosion after about 6 months.

Not going to say there is not a risk, but I think in the grand scheme of things, not that much of a risk.

Good point. Thanks.

[buckshotbarlow]

godzilla!

[cstone]

godzilla!

Dagnabit! All this talk of undersea nukes had me thinking the Japanese monster movies of the 1950/60s were actually going to come true.

Now where did we put those two tiny little twin Japanese ladies that travel around with Mothra? Mosura No Uta

Be safe.

[fly boy]

believe it or not, there are defect/new species of sea creatures around the Marshal Islands, Bikini atol, etc. due to all the testing.

[zteknik]

There not lost- just in somebody's basement...

[fly boy]

There not lost- just in somebody's basement...

lol, you have no idea