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Actinide is first startup to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)

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Re: Actinide is first startup to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)

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Post by n4r9 »

bawolff wrote: post #81
yubblegum wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's just that we will drop bombs on anyone who tries. I don't recall us bombing Pakistan, India, Israel, China, or North Korea. > Nuclear nonproliferation relies on active enforcement. The comedy hour at HN has arrived. See above ^^^

>I don't recall us bombing...China As far as i know, USA was seriously considering doing this in 1964. However the soviets said that would mean war, so they didn't. North Korea is so firmly in China and Russia's sphere of influence that bombing them would be hard, especially given how much conventional weapons they have pointed at south korea. That said, would you really want to be north korea? economic warfare has d…

I suspect the US allows/ignores some nuclear programs if they think it's in their geopolitical interest. India is a counter-balance to China and Russia. Pakistan is a counter-balance to India. Keeping everyone armed to the teeth and on their toes is better for the US than forming blocs.

Re: Actinide is first startup to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)

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Post by cultofmetatron »

yubblegum wrote: post #69
Legend2440 wrote: post #19

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>And I thought enriching uranium is something that counties with nukes go to extreme lengths to make it not accessible. It's not that difficult from an engineering perspective, the tech is almost a century old. It's just that we will drop bombs on anyone who tries. Nuclear nonproliferation relies on active enforcement.

> It's just that we will drop bombs on anyone who tries. I don't recall us bombing Pakistan, India, Israel, China, or North Korea. > Nuclear nonproliferation relies on active enforcement. The comedy hour at HN has arrived. See above ^^^

> I don't recall us bombing Pakistan, India, Israel, China, or North Korea.

pakistan and india did it in secret.

incidentally, its alleged that one of the countries on that list killed a very prominent american in order to prevent us from stopping them from creating a nuclear program.

Re: Actinide is first startup to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)

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Post by joshoink »

Refreeze5224 wrote: post #86
p1mrx wrote: post #65

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Even if you ignore my LLM numbers, "what percent of a reactor's output must be reinvested to enrich its own fuel?" is a meaningful contribution to the discussion.

This site is intended to be a discussion between people . If we wanted to consult some other resource, we would go do that. Injecting unverified information is not a contribution to a discussion between people , especially if it isn't coming from a human source.

No _book_ knowledge please! Hard to know if an author actually knew their subject and was making up numbers.

I ONLY want to hear first person _human_ experiences.

Jfc mate

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