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