From:	Adam Getchell <acgetche@****.UCDAVIS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: laser power
Date:	Mon, 31 Oct 1994 08:45:15 -0800

On Sun, 30 Oct 1994, Malcalypse The Younger wrote:

> ACTUALLY.... Plutonium (almost weapon's grade) is produced by a lot of
> old-style nuclear reactors... All the runner might have to to is go to
> some 3rd world nation and make a raid on thier nuke facilities.... Or
> perhaps a terrorist group does this and the runners have to put a stop to

Actually, third world countries get light-water reactors, which
do not produce weapons grade anything. Such as the Canadian Alcator
series. There are only certain kinds of reactors that can produce
weapons grade uranium and plutonium, and we are quite familiar with their
operating characteristics.

Shadow >

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