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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Nuclear Politics »Nuclear Politics
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Nuclear challenges for the international community? »Nuclear challenges for the international community?
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Expanding use of civil nuclear power »Expanding use of civil nuclear power
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Support for nuclear power undermines non-proliferation and disarmament »Support for nuclear power undermines non-proliferation and disarmament
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Nuclear plants are bomb factories »Nuclear plants are bomb factories
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Nuclear plants are NOT bomb factories »Nuclear plants are NOT bomb factories
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A typical power reactor produces about 300 kgs of plutonium each year. »A typical power reactor produces about 300 kgs of plutonium each year.
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This false claim is typical of the anti-nuclear movement
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No nuclear bomb was ever made with power-reactor plutonium »No nuclear bomb was ever made with power-reactor plutonium
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Plutonium bombs require carefully produced materials »Plutonium bombs require carefully produced materials
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Possibility of use of reactor-grade plutonium cannot be discounted. »Possibility of use of reactor-grade plutonium cannot be discounted.
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Possibility of use of reactor-grade plutonium cannot be discounted. »Possibility of use of reactor-grade plutonium cannot be discounted.
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