Re: Can hydrogen deliver?

From: Eric Gisin (ericgisin_at_graffiti.net)
Date: 10/17/04 

Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 14:44:32 -0700

"Tim O'Flaherty" <pinwheels_Fudge_@gwi.net> wrote in message
news:lrKdncRFWsN-UO_cRVn-tw@gwi.net...
>
> > Clueless. You cannot make weapons from nuclear waste.
>
> Tell North Korea,
>
> http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/bc/Qnkorea-nuclear-rods-use.RE
> _T_DO2.html
>
> [SEOUL, Oct 2 (AFP) - North Korea indicated Thursday that it may have
> already begun using weapons-grade plutonium from spent fuel rods to produce
> more nuclear bombs.]
>
Then the reactor is not used for power production.

They keep the rods in for weeks instead of years, producing Pu239 from U238,
with very little hi-level waste.