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Laser Advances in Nuclear Fuel Stir Terror Fear
NY Times ^ | August 20, 2011 | WILLIAM J. BROAD

Posted on 08/21/2011 9:28:54 PM PDT by neverdem

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1 posted on 08/21/2011 9:28:57 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Great except it’s GE and they will want to use the billion dollars of tax-payer money to build the plant in Red China.


2 posted on 08/21/2011 9:34:40 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: neverdem
Iran has already succeeded with laser enrichment in the lab...

Doesn't seem to make sense to oppose GE's effort when Iran already knows how to do it.

3 posted on 08/21/2011 9:37:35 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: neverdem

If GE knows how to do it..then the Chicoms know how to do it and the Paki’s aren’t far behind. They have so many people working in these fields that the technology cannot be kept bottled up in a test tube.
We sacrificed a log of technology and time to the Chicoms when we should have continued to work on the neutron bomb and EMP bombs. I’m sure they have continued to work on them.
One of my business associates in Asia was a US citizen of Chinese origin who studied Nuclear Physics at Bezerkly.
He seemed to be pretty straight, but what he believed was that most of the Chinese students in nuclear physics were on the payroll of the Chicoms.


4 posted on 08/21/2011 9:39:21 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: WilliamofCarmichael; neverdem; steelyourfaith; CholeraJoe; SunkenCiv; SmithL

OK ... So just WHAT THE H*LL are we worried about “terrorism” for with respect to nuclear weapons?

North Korea get nukes? They already have them, and Washington wants them to keep them, the democrats want them to continue enriching fuel!

Syria get nukes? They already have them, and Washington wants them to keep them, the democrats want them to continue enriching fuel!

Iran get nukes? They already have them, and Washington wants them to keep them, the democrats want them to continue enriching fuel!

Communist China get nukes? They already have them, and Washington wants them to keep them, the democrats want them to continue enriching fuel!

Iraq get nukes? They already tried to get them, and Bush fought a war to stop it, but the democrats fought back even harder so they could keep them, the democrats wanted them to continue enriching fuel!

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5 posted on 08/21/2011 9:40:34 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael
...use the billion dollars of tax-payer money to build the plant in Red China.

I didn't see that in the article. Where did you get that from?

6 posted on 08/21/2011 9:43:21 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: Oldexpat
One of my business associates in Asia was a US citizen of Chinese origin who studied Nuclear Physics at Bezerkly. He seemed to be pretty straight, but what he believed was that most of the Chinese students in nuclear physics were on the payroll of the Chicoms.

He's likely correct. Instead of giving Americans those university seats, the government again rolls out the red carpet for Chinese and foreign students to take those seats.

7 posted on 08/21/2011 9:47:01 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: neverdem
"critics fear that if the work succeeds and the secret gets out, rogue states and terrorists could make bomb fuel in much smaller plants that are difficult to detect."

Seriously? Since when?
8 posted on 08/21/2011 9:49:12 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: neverdem

Now that everybody knows its possible, whats the point?..........


9 posted on 08/21/2011 9:51:27 PM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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To: neverdem

Laser enrichment is like fusion, a fifty-year-old will-o-wisp always just out of reach.

Is this state of affairs REALLY about to change or are we just looking at more “cold fusion”?


10 posted on 08/21/2011 9:52:52 PM PDT by sinanju
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To: SunTzuWu

I remember Dr. Khidir Hamza’s 1994 memoir: “Saddam’s Bombmaker”

He recalled his colleagues getting all fired up over laser enrichment in the seventies and eighties.

He did some of his own digging at the time and concluded it was the Mossad trying to trick their foes into wasting time and money.

Now he didn’t say it couldn’t ever be done, he was just certain at the time that it was a long way from being practicable. This may have changed, but I think we need to see some real evidence.


11 posted on 08/21/2011 9:58:00 PM PDT by sinanju
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To: neverdem

““We should have learned enough by now to do an assessment before we let this kind of thing out.”
Look for more pentagon and White house lap-tops to come up
missing. Accidentally left at predesignated places so China has it ASAP.


12 posted on 08/21/2011 10:19:37 PM PDT by Slambat (The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
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To: neverdem; SunkenCiv

bump


13 posted on 08/21/2011 10:58:50 PM PDT by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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To: neverdem

BTTT.


14 posted on 08/21/2011 11:22:10 PM PDT by OddLane (If Lionel Hutz and Guy Smiley had a lovechild together, his name would be "Mitt Romney." -KAJ)
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To: neverdem

GE can sell one to Iran.


15 posted on 08/22/2011 12:02:11 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: dragnet2
Looking forward to seeing Bill Clinton being thrown into hell when he dies.

He opened up the govt. labs on purpose.

NO cheers, unfortunately.

16 posted on 08/22/2011 3:40:32 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: neverdem

Reporters need to quit tagging every scary concept with “terrorism”.
Terrorists do not build multi billion dollar uber high tech laboratories to generate super dangerous fuels for advanced weaponry.
Terrorists are not going to nick a nuke, build a satellite launch facility, and send the device into orbit just to attemt an EMP attack.
Terrorists buy a bunch of box cutters, plane tickets, and start slitting throats at altitude.
Terrorists build shitty improvised explosives and hope they go off roadside.
Terrorists buy a gun and start shooting people.
Terrorists are not smart enough to do nasty things with super sophisticated technology; if there’re that smart, they’ll figure out that they can do better without dying in the process - like make millions in stocks.


17 posted on 08/22/2011 3:53:21 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: Minutemen; grey_whiskers

Obama will give one to Iran.

Obama will give all of them to Arab terrorists. What else would you expect from a Muslim Terrorist playing POTUS? Bill Clinton’s treason is insignificant compared what the Muslim terrorist in chief is doing.

Using the US Military to set up Al Qaeda in Libya

Giving $Billions to Egypt for the Muslim Brotherhood

Demanding Isreal withdraw to pre-1967 borders.....

You will have your confirmation when the US throws Israel under the bus next month when the UN votes to force Israel withdraw.

Most Americans won’t figure it out until Obama joins the UN to militarily force Isreal to withdraw. Imagine, Obama using the US Military to attack Israel. I know, you won’t believe it until you see it and then America will still listen to MSM telling them it was necessary.


18 posted on 08/22/2011 4:10:52 AM PDT by politicianslie (Democrats are COMMUNIST, Repubs are SOCIALIST, and Barry's a Muslim manipulating USEFUL RINO IDIOTS)
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To: politicianslie

Even most of the dens stand against Obama’s position with Israel. If he tried to attack, even they would impeach him, if only to save their party.


19 posted on 08/22/2011 5:06:33 AM PDT by LevinFan
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To: politicianslie
Demanding Israel withdraw to pre-1967 1948 borders

Fixed it.

20 posted on 08/22/2011 5:32:37 AM PDT by bIlluminati (Don't just hope for change, work for change in 2011-2012.)
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