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by Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37)

Weapon grade Plutonium is cheaper than weapon grade Uranium

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Because you can generate plutonium-239 from uranium-238 in a breeder reactor, and then separate the plutonium-239 from the Uranium simply by using chemistry methods because you've created an element with different valence electrons.
Isn't it somewhat funny that it is easier to purify a synthetic element than a naturally occurring one?

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