[extropy-chat] iran and israel

[Samantha Atkins]

Which is precisely why it is important not to jump to premature  
conclusions linking all reactors to weapons.

-s

On Oct 26, 2005, at 10:07 PM, spike wrote:

> This whole discussion of plutonium from reactors
> takes on a new importance with these kinds of
> discussions taking place:
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/ahmadinejad/index.html
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> {8-[
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> spike
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-
>> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of John K Clark
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:53 PM
>> To: ExI chat list
>> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Nuke 'em
>>
>> Me:
>>
>>
>>>> Weapons proliferation is indeed a very serious problem
>>>> and all reactors make Plutonium, but I'm not sure
>>>> expanding the use of power reactors would make
>>>> things much worse.
>>>>
>>
>> Samantha Atkins Wrote:
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>>
>>> I don't see how that is true in any meaningful way after
>>> reading this.  Please show me how a pebble bed reactor
>>> always makes plutonium or is even well suited for such use.
>>>
>>
>> If you place Uranium is a sea of neutrons, and that's what a  
>> reactor is,
>> then like it or not, commercial reactor or military you're going  
>> to make
>> Plutonium. Indeed in the very article you mention I found this:
>>
>> "Pu-239 is normally manufactured in nuclear reactors...
>>
>> And it says to make bombs the Pu- 239 should not be polluted with  
>> Pu-240
>> and
>> your article then says this:
>>
>>
> ...
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>>
>> John K Clark
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