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Why is it still so hard to make nuclear weapons?
The fissile material inside a nuclear bomb is primarily isotopes of uranium and plutonium, which are radioactive elements, Matthew Zerphy, a professor of practice in nuclear engineering at Penn ...
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TerraPower’s Natrium: Combining A Fast Neutron Reactor With Built-In Grid Level Storage
This is where fast neutron reactors are highly attractive. Fast neutron reactors can also fission other fissile elements, covering the full spectrum of neutron cross sections. TerraPower’s ...
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The radioactive element 'plutonium' used in nuclear weapons was available for purchase by ordinary people
another radioactive element, absorbs neutrons, and most of it is artificially produced, except for a small amount found in uranium ore. Plutonium is also the main fissile material in nuclear ...
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What are Molten Salt Reactors?
Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...