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In reply to the discussion: ERRORS in rebuttal to "Pandora's Promise" [View all]FBaggins
(26,731 posts)43. Sorry... once again, you've cited something that you simply don't understand.
And he's absolutely correct.
The problem is that he's being intentionally deceptive and you don't see it because you don't understand the difference. The same thing could be said for U-238. It isn't fissile, but it is fissionable with fast neutrons. But that doesn't make it a proliferation risk - which is a darned good thing because the stuff is everywhere.
To simplify - you can put Pu-240 into a bomb... but having Pu-240 doesn't get you any closer to making a bomb. In fact, in many ways it makes it harder.
Garwin didn't say Pu-240 was fissile
But you did... while claiming that PamW was wrong on the subject.
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Yes, the EIA publish data on expected energy future use AND all sources of energy.
happyslug
Nov 2013
#1
It was EXACTLY the level of journalistic quality that I would have expected from "The Nation".
caraher
Nov 2013
#3
There are four primary problem area with nuclear technology (not counting social and systems issues)
kristopher
Nov 2013
#9
DOE: "Virtually any combination of plutonium isotopes...can be used to make a nuclear weapon."
bananas
Nov 2013
#6
No, PamW; Richard Garwin, John Holdren, and President Obama all know you're wrong.
bananas
Dec 2013
#37
"If you have any type of plutonium in sufficient quantities you can make a bomb." Selden 2009
kristopher
Dec 2013
#59