»Forgetting the bomb – can nuclear weapons be uninvented?«

https://doomsdaymachines.net/p/forgetting-the-bomb

#nuclear #tacit_knowledge #uninvention

Forgetting the bomb

Can nuclear weapons be un-invented?

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For the #sts people: yes, it cites MacKenzie/Spinardi's
"Tacit Knowledge, Weapons Design, and the Uninvention of Nuclear Weapons"
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Tacit-Knowledge%2C-Weapons-Design%2C-and-the-of-Nuclear-MacKenzie-Spinardi/20e404e7bc69558bd7c451592338fdd9db0ff3f6

@simulo also worth mentioning that "destroying" the plutonium not beyond feasibility, with fast-neutron reactors. Accelerator-driven systems in particular.

Not simple politically, breeder reactors and hydrogen bombs still exist etc., but I do think it merits thinking about that even if they cannot be fully unmade, we could reduce the threat if the political will were there.

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@simulo Tröstlich ist immerhin, dass wir diese Technik mit Sicherheit vergessen werden, sobald sie einmal eingesetzt wurde.