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I'm not in the industry, but I believe uranium reactors produce plutonium as a byproduct. Plutonium is useful to make bombs.
by emiliobumachar 14y ago
I'm not in the industry, but I believe uranium reactors produce plutonium as a byproduct. Plutonium is useful to make bombs.
- jbcor 14y agoNot reactor grade plutonium. Creating a pure Pu239 product depends on a specialized Pu239 production reactor with special methods. Extracting a pure Pu239 product from used reactor fuel would not be an attractive option for making a bomb. Not when you can produce a better product with a better/different method.
- KitemanSA 14y agoThe same type of reactor can be used to make weapons grade Plutonium. Just ask Iran why they removed a fuel bundle from one of their reactors after just a few weeks rather than years.