Originally Posted by
gr4techie
Apparently they were sensitive to the cold. So scientists had to think of how to heat up the mines for such a long period of time. Electrical batteries wouldn't last, so he best source of heat they came up with is a thousand chickens with enough food and water!
You are of course confusing that small back pack nuke with Blue Peacock. By no stretch of the imagination was BP man-portable. It was a true ADM that would need to have been emplaced in a detonation chamber. I believe these were constructed at a number of locations.
Blue Peacock used a shock-mounted Blue Danube capsule in a hermetically sealed container.
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While the container was fully sealed it was estimated that the biological heat source would remain viable for the required length of time.
PS While looking for Blue Peacock I found this better image:
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