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  • There are only so many soviet nukes to supply fissionables.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » I’m Confused 2010

  • Goremykin, who was responsible for smuggling the fissionables into Turkmenistan in the first place, was standing back and to the side of a dour faced man wearing an expensive black wool coat, the very model of the modern Russian capitalist.

    Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners 2009

  • Perhaps the most difficult part of this is getting the proper raw material with the proper ratio of fissionables – something that can be a byproduct of an appropriately designed nuclear power plant (which everyone endorses as nice things to have), which is why the Iranian situation is also being raked over the coals by this same set of super-powers.

    2006 October « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2006

  • Perhaps the most difficult part of this is getting the proper raw material with the proper ratio of fissionables – something that can be a byproduct of an appropriately designed nuclear power plant (which everyone endorses as nice things to have), which is why the Iranian situation is also being raked over the coals by this same set of super-powers.

    Genies and Wish Lists « Hyperpat’s HyperDay 2006

  • The problem with the nuclear power industry we have is that it was created so that it would create fissionables – it is a military nuclear power industry, not one intended primarily for civilian uses.

    Firedoglake » The Long Suck 2006

  • "Two point six million in crystals and fissionables," the Vulcan said, in a flat tone.

    The Final Reflection John M. Ford 2000

  • With the augmented capability of the merge, it was easy enough for her to deactivate the mechanism and scatter the fissionables from the warhead into Jupiter's seething mass.

    The Rowan McCaffrey, Anne 1990

  • We justify our continued presence here solely by mining the fissionables.

    The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984

  • The last atoms of its fissionables had been fissioned; the last atoms of its fusibles had been fused; no more fires could be kindled.

    Masters Of The Vortex Smith, E. E. 1972

  • You mine your own fissionables, produce your own fusionables, and generate your own atomic energy.

    Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964

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