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Re:The Necessity of Nuclear by mlyle on Sunday October 13, 2019 @05:00PM (#21242986)
If we reprocess-- the government should really do it because of proliferation concerns.
Re:The Necessity of Nuclear by dunmalg on Sunday October 13, 2019 @05:18PM (#21243109)
It takes a very specific design of breeder reactor to make weapons grade plutonium. Proliferation concerns are a red herring by anti-nuclear activists who intentionally conflate non-weapons grade plutonium with weapons grade to make ALL breeders sound dangerous.
Re:The Necessity of Nuclear by mlyle on Sunday October 13, 2019 @05:33PM (#21243214)
"Weapons grade plutonium" obfuscates that you can make a nuclear weapon from non-weapons grade plutonium, albeit with an increased risk of only getting the fizzle yield.

Nuclear weapons that are "only" a couple kilotons are scary enough for me, kthx.