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It takes a very specific design of breeder reactor to make weapons grade plutonium. Proliferation concerns are a red herring by anti-nuclear activists who inten
by dunmalg 7y ago
It takes a very specific design of breeder reactor to make weapons grade plutonium. Proliferation concerns are a red herring by anti-nuclear activists who intentionally conflate non-weapons grade plutonium with weapons grade to make ALL breeders sound dangerous.
- mlyle 7y ago"Weapons grade plutonium" obfuscates that you can make a nuclear weapon from non-weapons grade plutonium, albeit with an increased risk of only getting the fizzle yield. Nuclear weapons that are "only" a couple kilotons are scary enough for me, kthx.