Nonilex

The #Trump admin is moving forward with a plan to provide Cold War-era #plutonium from dismantled #nuclear warheads to companies that want to convert the #dangerous material into #fuel for nuclear #power plants.

The plan has generated debate & some unease among #nonproliferation experts. If finalized, it would mark the first time the #US #government has made #WeaponsGrade plutonium available to #private companies.

#law #ClimateCrisis #NationalSecurity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/climate/plutonium-nuclear-weapons-fuel.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

U.S. Aims to Give Cold War Plutonium to Start-Ups for Nuclear Fuel

Companies say it’s a better way to dispose of the Cold War-era material — and fix a shortage of nuclear fuel. But the plan has also faced criticism.

The New York Times
5:47pmWeb
Show threadNonilex3h ago

The #Energy Dept has >50 tons of surplus #plutonium left over from #NuclearWeapons programs, & the agency had previously been planning to dilute much of that material & bury it.

On Tues, the Energy Dept said it had selected 5 companies to enter into “advanced negotiations” to potentially receive some surplus plutonium. That includes Oklo, a California-based nuclear #power company, which plans to partner with Newcleo, a European developer of advanced #nuclear reactors.

#NationalSecurity #Trump

Show threadAndrea Bianchi3h ago
@Nonilex Just what the doctor ordered....sounds of repeatedly banging head against wall
Show threadKinene⭐🐻3h ago

@Nonilex "We will all go together when we go; all bathed in an incandescent glow."

Tom Lehrer

Show threadNonilex2h ago

@c_merriweather

Nice reference

Show threadPeter Gray (per/per) 🚲🏞🎷🏠🌿47m ago

@Nonilex @c_merriweather When the air becomes uraneous, we will all go simultaneous

TL

Show threadFurballsNHairballs2h ago
@Nonilex
ACME Build A Bomb stores opening soon in a shopping mall near you !!
Show threadRichard R Lee2h ago
#NuclearMadness in #Trumpistan. #NuclearEnergy is just another #WeaponsProgram (in disguise). @Nonilex
Show threadRoy -- the dull one2h ago

@Nonilex

If they gave a Nobel Prize for Bad Ideas, this would win it.

Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫48m ago
@oldclumsy_nowmad @Nonilex
It could win the FIFA prize for bad ideas if that hadn't already been won by FIFA this year.
Show threadDavid Esposito1h ago
@Nonilex i mean we do need more nuclear for both ai and climate change. if anything i just hope ai breaks our country of the need for nuclear and tolerance of it. one thing that suprised me at first was that part of the reason we are afraid of it so much is because the oil industry also applied its fear uncertainty and doubt propoganda toward nuclear as well as renewable tech. we need both to figure things out going forward. nuclear is going to be needed for sure and renewable for other stuff. energy is the basis of all life and we are energy blind and its a scary thing to see this in people. but yeah we need to create energy as a human right and have that level of development in energy.
Show threadSkim Shady (331.36 ppm)53m ago
@Nonilex nukes for ai shell companies, think I’ve seen this movie before