Can't nuclear...

[Plainsman]

Can't nuclear power plants use plutonium instead of uranium for energy? Isn't one capable of making nuclear weapons and the other not?

 

[Dunaruna]

Re: Can't nuclear...

[colour=blue]Power plants use both.

Nuclear weapons use both.

Plutonium is much nastier than uranium.

The reason that everyone's knickers are twisting over Nth. Korea, they have plutonium.

 

[kenimpzoom]

Re: Can't nuclear...

Yes, but it has drawbacks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power

 

[Plainsman]

Re: Can't nuclear...

Thanks for the info, I wan't sure. I thought one could produce nukes and the other couldn't.