cobalt bomb
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cobalt bomb
[′kō‚bȯlt ‚bäm] (nucleonics)
A quantity of cobalt-60 mounted in a housing with walls having up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of lead for protection, and with means for removing a lead plug to release a beam of gamma rays for use in cobalt-beam therapy.
(ordnance)
A theoretical atomic or hydrogen bomb encased in cobalt, which cobalt would be transformed into deadly radioactive dust upon detonation.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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cobalt bomb was in fact a rather simple form of treatment machine containing a radioactive source made of Cobalt 60.
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