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Another example is North Korea: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/taechon.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/dprk/taechon.htm

• boomboomsubban 9y ago
  The second paragraph concludes the reactor was built for nuclear weapons development, I don't see how it can be considered "another example."
  • lispm 9y ago
    It's another example of a reactor designed to produce electricity and plutionium. North Korea a;so operated a smaller 5 MWe reactor creating electricity for a town and plutonium for their weapons program.
    • boomboomsubban 9y ago
      It's a reactor designed to produce large amounts of plutonium. Any reactor produces some amount of energy, nuclear reactions are famous for their energy creation.
      • lispm 9y ago
        > It's a reactor designed to produce large amounts of plutonium. It's a dual-use reactor: plutonium and electricity production (200 MWe). > Any reactor produces some amount of energy But not electricity. For that a power plant has also turbines, generators, etc., ... The US for example had no electricity production in the early reactors for Plutonium production. But the US Hanford N produced both Plutonium and electricity for the commercial grid for 21 years... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Reactor
        • boomboomsubban 9y ago
          >But not electricity. For that a power plant has also turbines, generators, etc., ... Yes,but if you don't do that, you're just wasting energy. The US realized that, which is why they added electricity generation to the N Reactor. Both were still designed to create plutonium, and would not be built without the aim of nuclear weapons. It's like saying we grow the same corn for the edible part and for biomass. While technically true, the edible part is driving the production.