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    North Korean Nuclear Weapons, why enrichment?

    Probably main reason is that during modern level of centrifuge isotopes separation development, one and the same industrial expences allows to produce 10 times bigger mass of weapon grade uranium-235 compared to amount of Pu239. Their energy capacities are similar. Certainly, U235 has 3 times...
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    Why isn't tungsten used in nuclear reactors?

    Good idea, it's possible to invent the system of tungsten tubes under reactor, which will separate the melted core into several fluxes, subcritical each of them, and direct them into different cooled places under reactor. World production of tungsten, about 40000 tons/year, is not very big but...
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