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Nuclear is a special circumstance. Any reactor here that produces Plutonium 239 is a huge proliferation risk unless it can do so in a completely closed cycle.
by juiceandjuice 16y ago
Nuclear is a special circumstance. Any reactor here that produces Plutonium 239 is a huge proliferation risk unless it can do so in a completely closed cycle.
- Wientje 16y agoNot necessarily. As long as other byproducts like Plutonium 241 etc. are created in reasonable measures as well, the resulting Plutonium will be way to unstable to use in bombs. Any Uranium reactor produces Pu-239 but don't present a serious proliferation risk. Breeding reactors or MOX factories are risky.