You will find the first part of this interview with John Burns (NY
Times) relevant to cobalt-60:
http://freshair.npr.org/day_fa.jhtml...ate=11/25/2003


"Dan Welch" wrote in message ...
Hello,
from reading in the threads relating to nuclear war in the '80s, they
mention "cobalt weapons". Can anyone explain what these are? I very vaguely
remember a mention to them a book once but have no real idea.
cheers
dan