[extropy-chat] Nuke 'em

[Samantha Atkins]

On Oct 23, 2005, at 10:04 AM, John K Clark wrote:

> "Greg Burch" <gregburch at gregburch.net>
>
>
>> two issues remain as legitimate problems and therefore major  
>> stumbling
>> blocks to more widespread use of nuclear power.  These issues are  
>> weapons
>> proliferation
>>
>
> 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.

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.

- samantha

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