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Title:
LLL comments on The Ultimate Catastrophe
Author(s):
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1975 Dec 23
Document Pages:
6 p.
Document Number(s):
UCRL-ID-125509
Originating Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1997 Mar 21
OpenNet Modified Date:
2009 Nov 09
Description/Abstract:
This correspondence provides a discussion of purported hazards of nuclear energy production and weapons research. The possibility of atmospheric burn and oceanic burn are discounted, and the cross sections of Nitrogen are investigated and the concentration of D[sub 2]O in the oceans are considered. In conclusion, extremely conservative calculations demonstrated that it is completely impossible for either the earth`s atmosphere or sea to sustain fusion reactions of either thermonuclear nuclear chain reaction type. And, in particular, such reactions cannot be triggered by the explosion of nuclear weapons, even those having unrealistically high yield and impractical high yield-to-weight.