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		mrbluecoat 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as... Non-weapon fissile material Thorium is an option.

MertsA 8 months ago | [–]

Thorium isn't fissile, it's fertile. All thorium reactors work by breeding that thorium into uranium.

AnthonyMouse 8 months ago | [–]

Commercial reactor fuel isn't weapons-grade to begin with.

XorNot 8 months ago | [–]

This cannot be stressed enough: commercial reactor fuel is 5% enriched. Bomb material is 90+% enriched.

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