Who Killed the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR)?

[PamW]

46. False equation...

Oh yeah - the same uranium enrichment plants that produced HEU for bombs
also made commercial reactor fuel.
nuclear power and bombs - joined at the hip...
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While it is true that the same Government-owned enrichment plants that produce fuel are also used to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons is true, that doesn't mean that there is an equality between commercial power and nuclear weapons.

The commercial reactors use uranium that has been enriched to about 3% to 4%; while the nuclear weapons use highly enriched uranium that is enriched >90%.

Boeing makes commercial airliners. Boeing also makes military bombers and fighters. It is not surprising that the expertise of aeronautical engineers that design airliners can also put their skills to use designing fighters / bombers. However, does this mean that there is some type of moral equivalency between airliners and bombers? Does this mean that every time you buy a ticket on United Airlines or American Airlines, that you are financing the military acquisition of aircraft? Of course not.

The airlines and the Air Force are not considered to be "joined at the hip"; even though they have a common supplier in Boeing.

Why would one then use the same specious logic to make a conjunction between the commercial nuclear power sector and nuclear weapons?

PamW