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Old 11-18-2005, 04:31 PM  
sonofsam
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Linkster
Allright - enriching into a gas - well I can tell you they will never build a bomb of even a reactor if they are enriching it to a gas - ya need solid enriched Uranium to start with and it gets turned into plutonium that is used for a bomb - which is also very solid - and no gas in the process.
If they are using it for a nuke plant it gets enriched somewhat - way below what you would need for a bomb - (which is why you could never have an atomic explosion at a nuke plant contrary to what the press would have you believe) and you still need it in solid form - as a matter of fact if it were a gas it would break the cladding around the fuel when it was heated and simply clog up the reactors water channels used for boiling the water to steam for electrical generation turbines.
thats what i was gonna say... but you typed it before me


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