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I doubt they will use 95% uranium. [This guy](https://theconversation.com/how-do-nuclear-powered-submarines-work-a-nuclear-scientist-explains-168067 https://the
by fspeech 5y ago
I doubt they will use 95% uranium. [This guy](https://theconversation.com/how-do-nuclear-powered-submarines-work-a-nuclear-scientist-explains-168067 https://theconversation.com/how-do-nuclear-powered-submarine...) says it is about 50%. Still that is the level Iran is being sanctioned at.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThe US uses 93-97% uranium as a matter of public record. Other countries use more weakly enriched uranium, the US and UK are the exception, so I understand the error in the article above. See this better source ; https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2019/06/naval-reactors-leu/ https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2019/06/naval-reactors-leu/
- fspeech 5y agoI wasn't questioning your numbers but thanks for the reference. I think they are being purposedly vague about this. Transferring weapons grade uranium would be a real threat to the NPT.
- sudosysgen 5y agoWell, it's pretty clear, the US is going to provide weapons grade uranium to Australia. Yes it's highly sensitive under the NPT, but the US doesn't care at all. If the uranium had lower enrichment, it wouldn't be able to last 25 years, so it's certain that this is weapons grade.