No nuclear bomb was ever made with power-reactor plutonium
Power reactors are run to maximize power from the fuel, typically aiming for long-run usage of uranium in the reactor. The result of this is a mix of plutonium isotopes of Pu-239, Pu-240 and above that is hard to handle and too unstable to control detonation.
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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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No nuclear bomb was ever made with power-reactor plutonium
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