Hydrogen in fuel tanks is a very hazardous
explosive fuel. We must remember the Hindenburg Zeppelin Balloon disaster of 1937.
But by the end of the Cold War, the government realized that its whites-only rule would have to be scrapped, and so its leaders ordered the weapons destroyed and the production facilities dismantled, while holding onto the
explosive fuel.
Indian scientists discovered that 750 kilograms of highly inflammable and
explosive fuel had leaked from the engine.
The West is concerned about this reactor because it can produce plutonium, which is another way to make
explosive fuel for nuclear weapons.
3 "Intrinsically safe" lights are spark-suppressed for use in potentially volatile atmospheres, including a natural gas leak at home or
explosive fuel fumes at an accident scene.
Mr Hayton said 18% of his service's budget had essentially been wiped out despite having potentially
explosive fuel and chemical plants on his doorstep.
Power trip Carbon nanotubes coated with an
explosive fuel get extremely hot but don't burn.
I asked him would any sane man sit in a capsule on top of hundreds of tons of rocket and
explosive fuel?" He added that he asked himself the same question when he looked out of the window and saw the fireball outside the shuttle on re-entry.
For a start it will be fuelled by ammonium perchlorate, the same highly
explosive fuel which Nasa's giant space shuttle uses.
It was badly damaged and the
explosive fuel had been leaking out over the last 60 years," he said.