On May 12, 2014, at 4:50 PM, Leslie Bates (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:

> The plant has a thorium pebble core reactor

Curiously, I just ran across an article about thorium-based reactors today, linking to this:

<http://thebulletin.org/thorium-wonder-fuel-wasnt7156>

Apparently, in the course of trying to make thorium-based reactors an economic reality, we lost track of some 96 kg of U-233; it only takes 6 kg to make a gun-type nuke, which is vastly simpler than making an implosion-type. Joe Terrorist could make one that fit in a semi.

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