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In context, here is a great video from the Belfer center on nuclear bomb making and what are the hard parts [0]. Getting the fission material is the hard part,
by shaqbert 9y ago
In context, here is a great video from the Belfer center on nuclear bomb making and what are the hard parts [0]. Getting the fission material is the hard part, and in order to get plutonium nukes you need a enrichment plant, i.e. a reactor that is not meant to produce energy but breed plutonium.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVhQOhxb1Mc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVhQOhxb1Mc (at min 47, he starts talking about the hard parts)
- stcredzero 9y agoi.e. a reactor that is not meant to produce energy but breed plutonium. The French demonstrate that it is perfectly practical to run reactors to both produce energy and breed plutonium.
- shaqbert 9y agoWell yes in terms of Plutonium in general, but not the weapon grade P239 kind of material that is very pure... For those you need a specific reactor dedicated to one cause.