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Jasper ๐Ÿ‰

@drq @kravietz
It is entirely valid to worry about power plants being a proliferation risk, based on materials they can make. Modern ones claim it's not as likely for them, but i remain skeptical. It is not like ways to make precursors from other processes would be widely advertised, especially not to win an argument about nuclear power plants that aren't going to be built. They'd be kept secret.. (2/2)

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Dr. Quadragon โŒ

@jasper The science behind nuclear fission is not all that hard for the people who are in the know. If a modern closed-circuit LWR NPP could make weapons-grade nuclear fuel, this would have been really, REALLY hard to keep a secret, because there's a lot of people working in the field. You can't build a conspiracy around common knowledge.

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kravietz ๐Ÿฆ‡

@drq @jasper Ah, hereโ€™s a nice infographic I couldnโ€™t find yesterday - there are 32 countries that rely on nuclear power, but only 7 of them have nuclear weapons. Plus, there are 2 countries that have weapons (Israel, North Korea) but never had #nuclear power.

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