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   XPost: alt.fan.heinlein   
   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Michael Benveniste  schrieb:   
   > On 10/24/2025 6:34 PM, WolfFan wrote:   
   >   
   >> the no-nuke-kooks vastly exaggerate this. The main danger from reactor-grade   
   >> uranium/plutonium is that they’re heavy metals and therefore extremely   
   >> toxic, and they also burn real good once you ignite them. Reactor-grade   
   kicks   
   >> mostly alphas. Alphas get stopped by a sheet of cardboard. You do want to   
   >> keep heavy metals away from ground water.   
   >   
   > That's a dangerous simplification.   
   >   
   > In 1962, the United States successfully detonated a low yield (< 20kt)   
   > nuke built with reactor grade plutonium.   
      
   Source?   
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