From: "Adam Flinton" 


"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.187843cf2710f15d98b1e7{at}news.barkto.com...
> Out of darkness, Adam Flinton says...
>
> > The reason they've reopened the one they have is not for energy (it only
> > puts out 5Mw) but because it can produce polonium (needed for the
triggers).
>
> That's kinda silly to me. You can buy Po-209 on the market. It's used in a
number
> of non-nuclear situations, like cutting down on static in print rollers.
>

Can you if you're North Korean? Heck you can't even operate your own nuke
power plants w/o people objecting.

> And Polonium isn't used in triggers. It's used in an implosion device to
provide a
> fast neutron source *after* the device is triggered.
>

OK. But they ain't starting it up for elec power. 5 Mw is sh*t all.

adam

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