Laser enrichment of uranium could make the process easy to hide

[W1zzard]

ge hitachi also makes nuclear reactors, and no, you can't buy one.

that's also why this company is looking into laser separation to provide an added service to their customers: fuel

edit: ge hitachi already provides fuel products and services to its customers, so this is probably for some potential cost savings

 

[RejZoR]

If you ask me, radioactive weaponry is the least of our problems really. You should all be concerned more about biological warfare that almost anyone can play in the basement. And you don't need centrifuges or lasers. Plus it's a lot less messy, can be controlled easier and can be carried in a container size of AAA battery...

 

[ShogoXT]

Im pro nuclear myself, but to my knowledge there isnt alot of need for enrichment except for weapons. I guess it could be used for higher efficiency systems, but Im no expert on that.

In terms of power plants, ideally we want to move to Thorium. Candu ACR-1000 setup for thorium would do well if they would use it to replace all current Light Water Reactors.

 

[ShiBDiB]

If you ask me, radioactive weaponry is the least of our problems really. You should all be concerned more about biological warfare that almost anyone can play in the basement. And you don't need centrifuges or lasers. Plus it's a lot less messy, can be controlled easier and can be carried in a container size of AAA battery...

Which is why ive NEVER trained for a nuclear attack.. but trained plenty for chem/bio/nerve agent attacks...

I'd rather be nuked then get hit with a nerve agent.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Last time I checked, Israel won the Six-Day War and they didn't use nukes. Our assistance to them was little more than intelligence.

Thats BS. My Uncle was there for the "intelligence". We did a lot more then provide "intelligence".

 

[twilyth]

"rare" has no relevance for this whole discussion. also you should understand the mechanics behind "rare stable", "rare isotope". it's like saying technetium is the rarest because it doesn't exist on earth at all (except human created)

laser enrichment is really really really really complicated, that's why it's being looked at only now.

this is not like a osama takes a laser pointer to some stolen yellow cake in his cave.

for small states the simplest methods are best for enrichment:
- mass spectroscopy (calutron). slow and expensive but any decent physics major can build one. thats what saddam tried to use
- centrifuges. require serious industrialization but it can be done by any industrial country at reasonable cost. used by majority of "evil" states

while in theory laser enrichment might be cheap once industrially available it will take a ton of money and research to get it to that stage - not gonna happen in a rogue state, maybe not even gonna happen in the US. even when "invented", producing the whole machinery and lasers is going to be extremely complicated, much harder than centrifuges. it's like stealing intel cpu blueprints and then thinking you can make one in your basement

What do you mean by complicated? The wiki entry doesn't go into much detail in terms of how you separate out the excited atoms, but if you know how that's done, a brief description would be appreciated.

 

[ShiBDiB]

What do you mean by complicated? The wiki entry doesn't go into much detail in terms of how you separate out the excited atoms, but if you know how that's done, a brief description would be appreciated.

Are you saying that making weapons grade materials with a high powered highly experimental laser isnt complicated?

Holy shit i hate people from new jersey.

 

[twilyth]

Are you saying that making weapons grade materials with a high powered highly experimental laser isnt complicated?

Holy shit i hate people from new jersey.

Obviously it was a question. People from upstate NY need to spend more time learning to read and less time screwing their farm animals.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Obviously it was a question. People from upstate NY need to spend more time learning to read and less time screwing their farm animals.

haha i forgot if its not nyc its backroads and farmland...

 

[twilyth]

haha i forgot if its not nyc its backroads and farmland...

You mean it isn't?

edit: the only place I've ever been upstate is Mohonk Mountain House. That's pretty civilized, but I don't know about the environs. Lot's of people eating bean sprouts and crawling up the sides of big rocks.

 

[ShiBDiB]

O u barely made it past poughkeepsie.. Just wait til you get near albany, we gots r high speed 28k interwebs in these parts.