tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post2126162563345825819..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: This Just In -- D'Agostino Says the W-76 is Going to Blow!Frank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-62586663183962352342007-06-21T23:14:00.000-06:002007-06-21T23:14:00.000-06:00Maybe the question should be does Eric blow?Marrag...Maybe the question should be does Eric blow?<BR/><BR/>Marrage made in heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-33885225457716262752007-06-21T23:11:00.000-06:002007-06-21T23:11:00.000-06:00Are we sure it's the W76 and not Tom that blows?Th...Are we sure it's the W76 and not Tom that blows?<BR/><BR/>The question is..does he swallow?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-82742413049165298612007-06-20T17:19:00.000-06:002007-06-20T17:19:00.000-06:00For those trying to read the reference cited by 6/...For those trying to read the reference cited by 6/19/07 9:04 PM, try <A HREF="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/W76.html" REL="nofollow">this</A> instead.Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-91065947800600314372007-06-20T06:19:00.000-06:002007-06-20T06:19:00.000-06:00After reading this, I think I want Billy Mullins t...After reading this, I think I want Billy Mullins to take over NNSA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-42870826232716458542007-06-19T23:20:00.000-06:002007-06-19T23:20:00.000-06:00There was no Boom! Boom! in Yucca Flat...There was no Boom! Boom! in Yucca Flat...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-66538673743462848702007-06-19T21:57:00.000-06:002007-06-19T21:57:00.000-06:00The W-76 was a LANL design. Good thing Mike helpe...The W-76 was a LANL design. Good thing Mike helped give the RRW to LLNL, right? We can't have mistakes like the '76 happening again, now can we?<BR/><BR/>BTW, I hear that Udall will be offering relocation costs to Livermore for all LANL employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-57080718849413935572007-06-19T21:39:00.000-06:002007-06-19T21:39:00.000-06:00All those submariners who've been drilling holes i...All those submariners who've been drilling holes in the ocean for years in boats full of duds are going to be <I><B>really, really</B></I> pissed.Frank Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-46084881656174018002007-06-19T21:26:00.000-06:002007-06-19T21:26:00.000-06:00Duct tape and beer cans. Keeps the world together...Duct tape and beer cans. Keeps the world together and happy ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-7354592348203127422007-06-19T21:22:00.000-06:002007-06-19T21:22:00.000-06:00but what I don't understand is that beer cans alwa...but what I don't understand is that beer cans always seem to work so well. Maybe the W76 used the Keystone Light "specially lined can."K. Bolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298380436112327736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-36699306223696789192007-06-19T21:06:00.000-06:002007-06-19T21:06:00.000-06:00D'Agostino is so full of shit! After the way he o...D'Agostino is so full of shit! After the way he orchestrated the LANS fiasco only someone as despicable. as D'Agostino would nominate him to become the next NNSA head. Someone, who like him, has lied to get his way. Someone who lied to get us into a war to ensure the oil industry a reliable source of product. Only someone capable of lying as convincingly as D'Agostino, would ever consider this man best qualified for this NNSA.job. And given all this, who in their right mind could ever believe a word this man spews? I'd just as soon trust a wino on the street to tell me why we need to move forward with the RRW than to trust D'Agostino with my wallet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-33870325303719608512007-06-19T21:04:00.000-06:002007-06-19T21:04:00.000-06:00Yes, that's what Morse says. From " REL="nofollow...Yes, that's what Morse says. From <A HREF="http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/W76.html<br/>" REL="nofollow">This reference</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>The chief concern regarding the warhead's design is the extremely light radiation case employed:<BR/><BR/> Leaders at Los Alamos wanted the case to be as lightweight as possible, so they envisioned it as extraordinarily thin - in places not much thicker than a beer can (albeit with plastic backing for added strength).<BR/> Its physical integrity was vital. The case had to hang together for microseconds as the exploding atom bomb generated temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun, forcing it to emit radiation that kindled the thermonuclear fire. If the case deformed significantly or shattered prematurely, the weapon would fail, its thermonuclear fuel unlit.<BR/><BR/>Although the very small performance margin implicit in this design caused concern when it was first developed the current controversy stems from a reivew of the warhead conducted in 1995-1996. Richard L. Morse, a physicist at Los Alamos until 1976 returned in 1996 to participate in the review.<BR/><BR/>Morse, who directed advanced concepts for bomb design as well as a separate group devoted to laser fusion, initiated simulation studies of the W76 and found that the margins were so thin that tiny irregularities in manufacture could lead to turbulence that would disrupt the case causing the weapon to fail.<BR/><BR/>Although this issue was dropped at the time, Morse reintroduced it in 2003 during work on the W76-1 life extension modification. Although the subject of a heated March 2004 secret meeting at Los Alamos, no work on this issue is known to have been initiated.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-29008530518094411492007-06-19T20:36:00.000-06:002007-06-19T20:36:00.000-06:00OKay the second poster owes me a new keyboard beca...OKay the second poster owes me a new keyboard because I just laughed so hard I spit. But I digress...<BR/><BR/>I thought the whole problem was that the W76 wouldn't fire. Dick Morse says so.K. Bolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298380436112327736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-85681186796049434552007-06-19T20:33:00.000-06:002007-06-19T20:33:00.000-06:00The W76 might not go BOOM unexpectedly, but it cou...The W76 might not go <B>BOOM</B> unexpectedly, but it could go <I>fzzzllllll</I> when it should have gone <B>BOOM</B> after the fuse was lit.<BR/><BR/>At least that is what D'Agostino would have us believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-35146013162770516002007-06-19T19:25:00.000-06:002007-06-19T19:25:00.000-06:00I think I just came a little.I think I just came a little.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-33778027695458564742007-06-19T18:38:00.000-06:002007-06-19T18:38:00.000-06:00Face it, if *anybody* would be fooled by that logi...Face it, if *anybody* would be fooled by that logic, it would be Congress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com