From: Bill Lucy 

Out of darkness, Adam Flinton says...
>
> "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.

I'm sure they could get it from the PRC or India. It's very simple to do -- just
insert some bismuth into a reactor core. It decays into Polonium.

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