What Keeps Nuclear Weapons from Proliferating: The hardest step in making a nuclear bomb

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220920 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. Bill explains that the hardest step is making the proper type of uranium. Weapons and power plants require uranium that contains a greater amount of the isotope uranium-235 than found in natural uranium, which is mostly uranium-238. He outlines the key difficulty in separating the two isotope: They have nearly identical properties. He explains the two key methods for separation: Gas diffusion and centrifuges.
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