SILEX and proliferation
In
July, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held its final hearing
to license the world's first facility to enrich uranium on a commercial
scale using lasers. For years, experts have warned that laser enrichment,
known as SILEX (separation of isotopes by laser excitation), would be
particularly good at making highly enriched uranium -- the ingredient
needed to make nuclear weapons -- and that a commercial venture could
stimulate proliferation.
http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/silex-and-proliferation
http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/silex-and-proliferation
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