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cm cavity and a plutonium plug to allow initiator insertion; mass 6.2 kg air gap berylliumâpolonium-210 "initiator" (the "urchin"), neutron source [edit] Interior of bomb The original blueprints of the interior of both Fat Man and Little Boy are still classified. However, there is much information atomic culture about the main parts. AN 219 destruct fuse Archie radar antenna atomic culture Plate with atomic culture batteries (to detonate charge surrounding nuclear components) X-Unit, a firing set placed near the charge Hinge fixing the two ellipsoidal parts of the bomb High explosive pentagonal lens (12 units around the core, made of high and low velocity explosive), together with the next item forming the pattern of a truncated icosahedron High explosive hexagonal lens (20 units around the core, made of high and low velocity explosive) California Parachute tail (aluminium) Dural casing, ~140 cm inner diameter Cones that contained the whole sphere Explosive lenses (low and high velocity) Nuclear material (see other figure for details about the different layers) Plate with instruments (radars, baroswitches and timers) Barotube collector [edit] See also Little Boy Manhattan Project Trinity test The
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