The U.S. announced Tuesday it has selected five companies, including Oklo, for advanced discussions on potentially repurposing its Cold War-era plutonium as nuclear reactor fuel.
This initiative follows reports last year that the administration of Donald Trump planned to make approximately 20 metric tons of plutonium from dismantled nuclear warheads available to American power companies.
Trump had previously ordered a halt in May to a significant program aimed at diluting and disposing of surplus plutonium. Instead, his directive sought to provide this material as fuel for advanced nuclear technologies.
However, the plan has faced opposition. Democratic lawmakers have urged Donald Trump to cancel his surplus plutonium initiative, warning it poses a proliferation risk and involves enough plutonium to create 2,000 atomic bombs.
This… seems like a good thing
We’d be handing weapons grade materiel to a private citizen. At the very least it’s hypocritical
Well sure, but the republicans rhetoric is always terrible so anything non awful they do is hypocritical.
Coming from the Trump admin, which means you can go ahead and assume something is fucked.
Do you actually have any faith that this will be carried out professionally and achieve the stated purpose?
It’s exactly what we should be doing with nukes.
What a thumbnail. Golf swing. Such a twat
It’s actually him replaying how his last meeting with Putin went.
He was on his knees at the time though.
That’s a transphobic slur.
Not the person you’re responding to:
I’ve not heard that before.
Would you elaborate? Is it all genitalia-referencing name calling, or ‘twat’ specifically?And why?
“tw*t” is a derogative term for trans people
like how “f*g” is a degorative term for gay men.
It’s a slur.
If it is, it’s so new that Urban Dictionary hasn’t seen it before. It’s been used to mean vagina or generically a stupid/offensive person for forever.
Are you sure you’re not mistaken? Can you provide any sources?
upon searching I appear to be mistaken (?).
I did find things referencing a 4-letter “T-word” that’s derogatory for transfolx: tr*p. I wonder if that may be what tripped you up?
I appreciate that you stuck with it and worked to figure out what they were talking about - or, well, at least - got them to cross-check such a confidently incorrect statement.
Stop it with your nonsense
Oh fuck off
Good, that alien hand fungus seems to be coming along and spreading nicely.
I need some of that there enriched uranium for, uh, fuel. Yeah, fuel.
