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But those don't have to be economical purely on power generation, right, because they also produce Pu-239? Presumably fast breeder reactors would be useful to t
by apendleton 5y ago
But those don't have to be economical purely on power generation, right, because they also produce Pu-239? Presumably fast breeder reactors would be useful to the Russian state even if they didn't produce electricity at all...
- morning_gelato 5y agoThere's no evidence that they are being used to breed plutonium. In fact the BN-800 burns a mixture of uranium and plutonium to reduce their weapons stockpile.
- baybal2 5y agoThey have RBMKs which will produce 10 times that, and more cheaply.
- petre 5y agoThey went bankrupt with their arsenal once, so I'd argue it would be more useful to their rivals.