The White House is providing plutonium to Sam Altman's Oklo, one of four US companies chosen to test experimental reactor designs.
    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      6 hours ago

      Now I’m wondering if plants that are designed to run enriched uranium will have to be totally rejiggered or it’s a relatively simple change.

      • scathliath@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        5 hours ago

        It might require a great deal of rejiggering because the fission output of the materials are not one to one. Kinda the whole point of weapons grade, you can’t achieve a neutron cascade for efficiency in a weapon if you don’t already have a kinda unstable “rock”. Granted some reactors are designed to work better with a doped mix already.

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I don’t even have to read the article to know it’s going to be absolutely overflowing with misinformation and exaggeration and outright lies for clicks.

      Nobody knows how nuclear power or fission works, people broadly cannot fathom any of it, but it sure sells a headline.