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Kodak Had a Secret Nuclear Reactor Loaded With Weapons-Grade Uranium Hidden In a Basement

Kodak may be going under, but apparently they could have started their own nuclear war if they wanted, just six years ago. Down in a basement in Rochester, NY, they had a nuclear reactor loaded with 3.5 pounds of enriched uranium—the same kind they use in atomic warheads.

http://gizmodo.com/5909961/kodak-had-a- ... a-basement

Weapons grade, sure.

Manufacturing radiation badges, film?

I'd need to see the numbers, but I seem to recall the core in Virginia Tech's reactor is very highly enriched as well. They started out building a pissy little 10W reactor for education and neutron activation. The thing was built by American Standard, whose reactor business was going down the toilet, so they were offered a core upgrade to a very potent one that was on-hand. They still use it at 10 W, but could go much higher if they wished. I got a chance to operate it once, and one uses a dainty touch on the controls.

I don't recall being dainty at all on the 150MW stick.
Artful finesse sometimes, but never dainty.

Here is a blog about working around a university nuclear reactor.

http://steveblank.com/2010/07/12/nukeem ... first-job/

Tom Ligon wrote:I'd need to see the numbers, .

I thought I read something somewhere that Weapons grade is like 97% pure....

ANd if Kodak made radiation badges, wouldnt they need some sort of reactor?

Roger wrote:

Tom Ligon wrote:I'd need to see the numbers, .

I thought I read something somewhere that Weapons grade is like 97% pure....

ANd if Kodak made radiation badges, wouldnt they need some sort of reactor?

Not quite. The badges measure radioactivity - they aren't themselves radioactive.

But it would be useful to check some of the badges against a known source of radioactivity.

I don't recall being dainty at all on the 150MW stick.

They are not called rod yankers for nothing.

especially in fast recovery mode...

ladajo,

LOL