This false claim is typical of the anti-nuclear movement

False claims of this sort are typical of the anti-nuclear movement, sadly. No reactor grade plutonium has ever been successfully detonated in a nuclear explosion. It is simply the wrong way to make effective bomb materials.

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A typical power reactor produces about 300 kgs of plutonium each year.
This false claim is typical of the anti-nuclear movement
No nuclear bomb was ever made with power-reactor plutonium
Plutonium bombs require carefully produced materials
Possibility of use of reactor-grade plutonium cannot be discounted.
Possibility of use of reactor-grade plutonium cannot be discounted.
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