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	<title>Comments on: Nuclear Weapons:  Asked and Answered</title>
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		<title>By: spencer</title>
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		<dc:creator>spencer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Currently about half of the fuel for the domestic nuclear electricity industry comes from decommissioned Soviet nuclear weapons.

But the US and the Russians are both starting to
build new nuclear electric plants for the first time in decades. Because the Russians will need the fuel from decommissioning weapons they have told us that they will not renew the treaty when it expires in 2012.  


So we now face an interesting situation where about half of the existing supply of nuclear fuels will vanish just at the time demand will increase sharply.  Moreover, prospects for new supplies from other sources, even at significantly higher prices are very poor.

So we start decommissioning our own nuclear weapons to supply fuel for our electricity industry?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Currently about half of the fuel for the domestic nuclear electricity industry comes from decommissioned Soviet nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>But the US and the Russians are both starting to<br />
build new nuclear electric plants for the first time in decades. Because the Russians will need the fuel from decommissioning weapons they have told us that they will not renew the treaty when it expires in 2012.  </p>
<p>So we now face an interesting situation where about half of the existing supply of nuclear fuels will vanish just at the time demand will increase sharply.  Moreover, prospects for new supplies from other sources, even at significantly higher prices are very poor.</p>
<p>So we start decommissioning our own nuclear weapons to supply fuel for our electricity industry?</p>
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		<title>By: Tlaloc</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tlaloc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Which nuclear weapons present the greatest security risk?

My answer: Pakistan’s.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

No kidding.  I have a general rule- any day &quot;Pakistan&quot; shows up in a headline I&#039;m going to need some Tums.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Which nuclear weapons present the greatest security risk?</p>
<p>My answer: Pakistan&rsquo;s.
</p></blockquote>
<p>No kidding.  I have a general rule- any day "Pakistan" shows up in a headline I'm going to need some Tums.</p>
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		<title>By: Triumph</title>
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		<dc:creator>Triumph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama is a typical peacenik liberal.  It is clear that Iran has a nuclear  bomb and is going to use it--very soon.

We don&#039;t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.  The only answer to the Defeat-ocrat attitude of B. Hussein Obama is to bomb Iran now before they get us.  

If we occupy both Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, we could easily invade Russia and bring peace to the world.  Freedom will then march over the Axis of Evil.

It will be pretty difficult with terror-sympathizing cowards like B. Hussein running around the country spewing nonsense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama is a typical peacenik liberal.  It is clear that Iran has a nuclear  bomb and is going to use it--very soon.</p>
<p>We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.  The only answer to the Defeat-ocrat attitude of B. Hussein Obama is to bomb Iran now before they get us.  </p>
<p>If we occupy both Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, we could easily invade Russia and bring peace to the world.  Freedom will then march over the Axis of Evil.</p>
<p>It will be pretty difficult with terror-sympathizing cowards like B. Hussein running around the country spewing nonsense.</p>
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