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Or breeder reactors. Use all the uranium, not just the .7% that is U235. Worried about terrorists? The reprocessing plant needs to leave a few isotopes in th

Or breeder reactors. Use all the uranium, not just the .7% that is U235. Worried about terrorists? The reprocessing plant needs to leave a few isotopes in the fuel it produces. Things like Co-60. The spent rods have it--the reactors and the shipping systems are built to handle it. The terrorist can't handle it, though--while some are willing to engage in suicide missions they're not going to engage in futile suicide missions. Stealing the material will just get you dead before you can deliver it.

pfdietz 5y ago
I'd worry more about state level proliferation. The blanket Pu from a fast breeder is super weapon grade, with very low higher isotope concentrations. In any case, breeders mean the claim that existing nuclear technology, and in particular France's existing nuclear technology, can do it are wrong. France's breeder effort was a spectacular failure that they've now abandoned.