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Back in the day one of the reasons Uranium was picked was specifically because it resulted in weapon's grade by-products. You got energy + you could build nucle
by latch 15y ago
Back in the day one of the reasons Uranium was picked was specifically because it resulted in weapon's grade by-products. You got energy + you could build nuclear stockpiles.
Also, I don't think this article does justice to just how far ahead India and China are in this field.
And all that isn't even accounting of the arcane crystals!
- malbs 15y ago"And all that isn't even accounting of the arcane crystals!" well played, sir!
- jacques_chester 15y agoIt's actually a great example of path dependency. After the Manhattan Project, more was known about uranium than any other fissile material. It was known how to make it react and how to manufacture it in industrial quantities. From there it was a short step to naval reactors, and for the lessons of naval reactor design to disseminate into civil use.
- iwwr 15y agoYou can actually build a bomb out of thorium.