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It's a pity you're getting downvoted, I thought it was funny. On a serious note, presuming a significant increase in trust among all parties, wouldn't this ide
by lavamantis 11y ago
It's a pity you're getting downvoted, I thought it was funny.
On a serious note, presuming a significant increase in trust among all parties, wouldn't this idea radically change an ominous situation (Iran having weapons-grade plutonium laying around) into one with peaceful, mutually beneficial, trust-building cooperation between formerly antagonistic nations? Have not stranger things happened?
- afarrell 11y agoDoesn't a lot of US nuclear power come from dismantling Russian weapons?
- cocoablazing 11y agoIran was enriching Uranium, not producing Plutonium. Furthermore, this type of Plutonium is not what you desire for nuclear weapons material.
- anigbrowl 11y agoIran has a plutonium reactor as well, although its exact capabilities and output are a matter of debate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IR-40 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IR-40
- cocoablazing 11y agoI'm skeptical that this small reactor rivaled the Uranium program. If your rush 239Pu production, you end up with a product that is very difficult to purify, raises the probability of a fizzle, and generates thermal problems for the pit.
- maxerickson 11y agoThe needed isotope (Pu-238) is only present in small amounts in used reactor fuel. The concern with Iran is that they might enrich uranium to the point where it is useful in a nuclear weapon (it is useful in a reactor well before this point).