tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post3988590420688431622..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Alexander deVolpi's knols on nuclear non-proliferationCharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-3829406057040000182008-12-26T05:13:00.000-06:002008-12-26T05:13:00.000-06:00What needs to be done in order to send the Club of...What needs to be done in order to send the Club of Romers to the gallows where they belong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-58416128171058640162008-12-22T20:01:00.000-06:002008-12-22T20:01:00.000-06:00Actually Kirk Sorensen indirectly brought the DeVo...Actually Kirk Sorensen indirectly brought the DeVolpi Knols to my attention. I already knew something about DeVolpi's views on nuclear proliferation, but the Knols deal with proliferation issues in great detail.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-74462315002528161532008-12-22T19:30:00.000-06:002008-12-22T19:30:00.000-06:00Great find Charles, I know I am going to be going ...Great find Charles, I know I am going to be going back to those knols over and over.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-10596014015953882132008-12-22T14:08:00.000-06:002008-12-22T14:08:00.000-06:00I just wish folks like Dr. Barnaby would use a bit...I just wish folks like Dr. Barnaby would use a bit of logic.<BR/><BR/>Making a nuke bomb is rather tricky business. Why would a rougue country intent on making one start on the even more difficult (if even possible) path of making a nuke bomb using reactor-grade plutonium? At a minimum, it requires a PUREX plant to get the plutonium in the first place. Then it requires the very best minds and equipment to build a possibly useful bomb from the material. These minds and equipment would not be available to a rogue nation.<BR/><BR/>If one is going to build a PUREX plant, then building a reactor to make weapons grade plutonium goes hand-in-hand.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, it might be whole lot easier to build a U235 bomb. The country could claim that the enrichment plant is for civilian power reactor fuel use (can you say "Iran").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com