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> Th problem so far is that the nuclear industry is really secretive. Why is that a problem? Do you want to make it easier for countries to figure out how to b
by est31 8y ago
> Th problem so far is that the nuclear industry is really secretive.
Why is that a problem? Do you want to make it easier for countries to figure out how to build nuclear bombs? Generally I'm a big fan of open source and so on, but when it comes to nuclear or dangerous biological agents, I prefer having these things locked away really well.
- godelski 8y agoReactors are VERY different from weapons. And not all reactors result in weapons grade materials.
- garmaine 8y agoReactors are not bombs, bombs are not reactors.
- est31 8y agoReactors can be used to breed nuclear bomb grade material. Building a dirty bomb is trivial if you can build normal bombs. For upgrading that to a nuke the main difficulty is finding nuke grade material.
- garmaine 8y agoNope, this isn't true. First of all there are many different kinds of nuclear reactors, and only certain ones can be used for making weapons-grade material. Second, the isotope separation process for U238 or the implosion mechanism for plutonium are either massive or crazy difficult to pull off, and totally unrelated to reactor design. A reactor design doesn't get you anywhere meaningfully closer to building a bomb.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoA reactor gets you experience handling nuclear components, and if chosen with a bomb in mind also plutonium or other useful isotopes. There is a real reason Israel bombed Syria as soon as they got convincing evidence Assad was building a secret reactor.