[ExI] cost of SBSP and thorium

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 03:52:46PM -0400, Brent Neal wrote:
> 
> On 19 Aug, 2012, at 14:36, Eugen Leitl wrote:
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> > Complete bullshit. Thorium fuelcycle systems have been investigated in many
> > countries and all of the pilots have been shut down (the latest in late 1980s).
> > 
> > The dolchstosslegende of thorium fuel cycle being unsuitable for
> > nuclear weapons is also bullshit, both because the projects were
> > civilian, and because U-233 happens to be as suitable for making
> > weapons like U-239. So you're doubly wrong here.
> 
> I think that your knowledge of the nuclear physics here is faulty. Please go and look up the half-life of U-233.

Compare the half life of Pu-239. Nuclear warheads do not have
a shelf lifetime of more than a couple decades.