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Internal nuclear components of the American B61 nuclear bomb.

From Developing and Producing the B61, The Information Division, Albuquerque Operations Office, Video tape 0800072 (US Atomic Energy Commission, dated “1970s,” sanitized and declassified March 1998) 26:29 minutes. Image appears at 00:12:16 and 00:12:42.

Intermediate source: Gsponer 2006 The B61-based "Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator:" Clever retrofit or headway towards fourth-generation nuclear weapons?, pp 17

Gsponer credits the components as:

"Main nuclear components of an early version of the B61 [31]: the fission primary (spherical and hemispherical parts), the fusion fission secondary (cylindrical parts), and the two ends of the radiation case. The primary has a levitated pit: the small sphere at the bottom center with a hole for the deuteriumtritium boost gas supply."

This is a product of the US Department of Energy and as a government document is not copyrighted.

Georgewilliamherbert 22:35, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

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