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Question: Electrorefining is used to refine metals like copper to very high purity. Why can't plutonium be similarly purified and used for making bombs?
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<ref name=IFR>[http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/pdfs/PlentifulEnergy.pdf ''PLENTIFUL ENERGY The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor''], Charles Till and Yoon Il Chang, 2011.
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''THE PYROPROCESS'', Chapter 8 in [http://www.thesciencecouncil.com/pdfs/PlentifulEnergy.pdf ''PLENTIFUL ENERGY The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor''], Charles Till and Yoon Il Chang, 2011.
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[https://www.ne.anl.gov/pdfs/12_Pyroprocessing_bro_5_12_v14[6].pdf ''PYROPROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel for a Sustainable Energy Future''], Argonne National Laboratory, accessed 7-2-2023.
[https://www.ne.anl.gov/pdfs/12_Pyroprocessing_bro_5_12_v14%5B6%5D.pdf ''PYROPROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel for a Sustainable Energy Future''], Argonne National Laboratory, accessed 7-2-2023.  
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Question: Electrorefining is used to refine metals like copper to very high purity. Why can't plutonium be similarly purified and used for making bombs?

Notes and References

  1. ↑ THE PYROPROCESS, Chapter 8 in PLENTIFUL ENERGY The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor, Charles Till and Yoon Il Chang, 2011.
  2. ↑ PYROPROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel for a Sustainable Energy Future, Argonne National Laboratory, accessed 7-2-2023.
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