RW> Think about this:  The first nuclear weapon was built
RW> from scratch in 1943-4.  What countries today do not
RW> have access to mid-40's technologies and information?
RW> 
RW> That's why I have to laugh when I hear anyone say that
RW> we have to keep some country from obtaining nuclear
RW> technology.
RT> I think that what they really mean is nuclear material above
RT> a certain grade. 
Same thing applies.  They were enriching uranium back
in 1939.  The process was crude and very inefficient
compared to today's but it worked and still does.
AAMOF, Iraq was using the same basic process until
Israel took out the first plant in the 80's and we got
another in 1990. 
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