"Don Klipstein" wrote in message
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In article , Jim Yanik wrote:
(Don Klipstein) wrote in
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Plutonium comes from breeder reactors.

Not all of it.

Most nuclear power plants are not breeder reactors.

No,but the spent fuel rods still contain usable amounts of PU.

I do remember from back in the late 1970's and around 1980 that the
anti-nukers complained even-more against breeder reactors on basis that
those made plutonium useful for making bombs and non-breeder ones did not.

Are non-breeders safe in this respect or is another old lie by 1970's
anti-nukers being exposed now?

- Don Klipstein )


Perhaps it just takes longer to refine enough plutonium from the fuel used
in certain types of reactors. Go do some research. www.fas.org might be a
good starting point.

You may have noticed that whenever our government yells about rogue states
trying to build a bomb, the focus is on centrifuges and refining the fuel,
and never on the mechanics of assembling the bomb, which isn't so difficult.