[ExI] How do you destroy uranium?

[John Clark]

*You could mix bomb grade U235 with common U238 thereby diluting it. *

*John K Clark*

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 4:04 AM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> From BBC news, 26 May 2026, "US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting
> missile sites and boats" (about how the US are launching strikes against
> Iran during the 'ongoing ceasefire'):
>
> 'On Monday night, Trump said the enriched uranium would either be
> "immediately" turned over to the US, or "preferably, in conjunction and
> co-ordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place'.
>
> I'm a bit confused (and I don't mean about the actual meaning of the word
> 'ceasefire', which obviously means "you can't shoot at us, but we can shoot
> at you").
>
> How can an element be 'destroyed'? Is the idea to oxidise it? That would
> be a bit pointless. The only thing I can think of would be to use an
> accelerator or a nuclear reactor to turn it into something else. Like
> plutonium, maybe...
> (unless he means leave it where it is, for a really long time)
> ---
> Ben
>
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