The RBMK was based on a military reactor that was designed specifically to produce Pu.
Michael McNaughton <mcnaught@lanl.gov> Sent by: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
18-01-00 04:50 PM
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At 12:03 PM 1/17/00 -0600, you wrote:
>I suppose because the RMBK can be easily
>used to produce weapons grade plutonium
In what way is the RMBK specially suited for this purpose? I thought that
any source of thermal neutrons could be used to make Pu-239.
mike
Mike McNaughton
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