http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:30:25 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/05/104729.php#comment-741872 The author of the book sent me the following note about the uranisum: I noticed a message on your site about the plutonium used in the Nagasaki bomb. While that is true that it was a plutonium bomb, the detonator was made of uranium that came from the Congo so it remains fair to say uranium from the Congo was used in both devices. 741872@blogcritics.org Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:30:25 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/05/104729.php#comment-731587 Thanks for the correction. 731587@blogcritics.org Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:17:24 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/07/05/104729.php#comment-731015 Hey, good review. One quibble--only the Hiroshima bomb was made from Congolese uranium. The Nagasaki bomb was made of plutonium, refined in Hnaford, Washington (state). 731015@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:48:06 EDT