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In reply to the discussion: ERRORS in rebuttal to "Pandora's Promise" [View all]bananas
(27,509 posts)69. Oh look - George Stanford says it TWICE in that interview!
From your link http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA378.html
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with plutonium of almost any isotopic composition it is technically possible to make an explosive
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it is technically possible, with difficulty, to make an explosive with plutonium of almost any isotopic composition
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with plutonium of almost any isotopic composition it is technically possible to make an explosive
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it is technically possible, with difficulty, to make an explosive with plutonium of almost any isotopic composition
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He also says the IFR must be safeguarded because it is a proliferation risk:
You mentioned safeguards a while ago. Are you saying that IFRs need to be safeguarded?
Of course. Any kind of nuclear fuel cycle needs safeguards procedures, the most important job being to make sure that a power reactor is not operated so as to produce high-quality plutonium. The IFR is no exception, although it might be more easily safeguarded than other cycles.
Of course. Any kind of nuclear fuel cycle needs safeguards procedures, the most important job being to make sure that a power reactor is not operated so as to produce high-quality plutonium. The IFR is no exception, although it might be more easily safeguarded than other cycles.
You've been proven wrong by George Stanford, Richard Garwin, John Holdren, Robert Selden, all recognized experts.
It's clear you really don't know what you're talking about.
In the OP you falsely claimed:
It is only the Plutonium-239 (Pu-239) isotope of Plutonium that is "fissile" and can be nuclear bomb fuel.
In post #12 you falsely claimed:
The ONLY isotope that is "fissile" and thereby connotes "bomb fuel" is Pu-239.
If I give you an isotopic mix of Plutonium that contains Pu-238, Pu-240, Pu-242, and NO Pu-239; can you make a weapon out of it?
NOPE; because the only fissile isotope; the only isotope that is bomb fuel; Pu-239; is MISSING.
So you can NOT make a weapon out of it.
If I give you an isotopic mix of Plutonium that contains Pu-238, Pu-240, Pu-242, and NO Pu-239; can you make a weapon out of it?
NOPE; because the only fissile isotope; the only isotope that is bomb fuel; Pu-239; is MISSING.
So you can NOT make a weapon out of it.
In post #55 you falsely claimed:
The FACT that the IFR is NOT a proliferation risk is NOT classified.
Well George Stanford said it is a proliferation risk in the link you yourself gave.
You are seriously misinformed - your "FACTS" are wrong.
You've made these false claims over and over, just as you've made other false claims over and over.
Even after you've been proven wrong with multiple sources, you keep pretending.
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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