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In my last paragraph, I should say that all nuclear reactors produce plutonium. The issue is that American reactors are designed to produce plutonium that is more easily converted to "weapons grade", rather than designing the reactor to produce "reactor grade" plutonium, which is much more difficult to convert into weapons grade material. An example of such a reactor design is the "CANDU" design used in Canada. According to the "Canadian Nuclear FAQ" (http://www.nuclearfaq.ca/cnf_sectionF.htm), it would take 100 spent fuel bundles of spent CANDU nuclear fuel, weighing over two tons without shielding to produce enough weapons-grade plutonium for a single bomb.

I think that if we require all new commercial American reactors to produce reactor-grade plutonium, that in itself would make it a "safer" design.
Posted by: muzhik   Posted on: 09/14/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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As long as the industry pays for all its costs without government subsidies  mlbfan_98@... | 09/14/07
Not that simple  frgough | 09/14/07
Wow.. you really need to do your research and stop buying into the hysteria  Been_Done_Before | 09/14/07
Hypocrisy  DarthRidiculous | 09/14/07
Unfunded mandates  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/14/07
Not so fast  ibabadur1 | 09/14/07
Hold it there  Stuka | 09/14/07
Thank you for your reply.. EVERYONE should read it.  Been_Done_Before | 09/14/07
Limited sample..  thetruth_z | 09/16/07
RE: Hold it there  ibabadur1 | 09/14/07
RE: Hold it there  CobraA1 | 09/14/07
Not so fast  itpro_z | 09/14/07
Red to Green...  muzhik | 09/14/07
Clarification  muzhik | 09/14/07
I think fusion is the future  CobraA1 | 09/14/07
I agree, but...  itpro_z | 09/15/07

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