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> Nuclear weapons are scary, and rightfully so. And they share a word in common with "nuclear power," so there you go. Now you're being specious. They share ra
by davidgay 7y ago
> Nuclear weapons are scary, and rightfully so. And they share a word in common with "nuclear power," so there you go.
Now you're being specious. They share rather more than a word, they are based on the same physical process.
- arethuza 7y agoYes, but the design of a nuclear power reactor and a nuclear weapon are pretty different - for a start the really nasty bit of most nuclear weapons is the fission of the secondary tamper by neutrons from the fusion component of the secondary. Nothing like that happens in a nuclear power station.
- pjc50 7y agoNuclear weapons require the reactors, and a number were built for plutonium production e.g. Windscale/Sellafield. There are plenty of countries that probably shouldn't be allowed unsupervised reactors for this reason.