ERRORS in rebuttal to "Pandora's Promise"

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30. MIT study on Proliferation Resistant Fast Reactor

I note that no explanation as to why the choice of coolant affects the composition of spent fuel, and whether said spent fuel can be used in nuclear weapons; has been forthcoming from kristopher in response to challenge issued.

The reason of course is that whether spent fuel can be used to fuel nuclear weapons IS NOT DETERMINED by the choice of coolant.

It certainly IS POSSIBLE to design fast reactors that are proliferation resistant as has been done in this study from MIT:

Proliferation Resistant Fast Breeder Reactor

http://tppserver.mit.edu/TMP_2013/Sess-01/03%20Mohit%20Singh.pdf

Techniques such a additions of "minor actinides" and "moderator" are shown to be effective in driving the Bathke Proliferation Metric negative; thus yielding Proliferation Resistant Fast Breeder Reactor Designs; contrary to the unsubstantiated, falsely asserted, and without scientific foundation claims of kristopher.

As stated, the 2009 Bathke Proliferation Metric has been reviewed for accuracy by scientists at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Labs.

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