• shalafi@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Now I’m wondering if plants that are designed to run enriched uranium will have to be totally rejiggered or it’s a relatively simple change.

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        5 months ago

        It might require a great deal of rejiggering because the fission output of the materials are not one to one. Kinda the whole point of weapons grade, you can’t achieve a neutron cascade for efficiency in a weapon if you don’t already have a kinda unstable “rock”. Granted some reactors are designed to work better with a doped mix already.