Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah

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• homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh a private nuclear weapon? Owned by Peter “humanity shouldn’t survive” Theil?

  Sure. Of course.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    LOL, hell no. Not even the Trump administration would allow a private concern to enrich weapon grade uranium.

    Or, if you want a cynical take, no administration is going to give up their monopoly on ultraviolence.

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    • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean - that’s what the story says is happening.

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• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  To power his fascist takeover

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• unconsequential@slrpnk.net ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wait, the hyper-libertarian technocrat who supports authoritarian independent tech billionaire owned/run “utopias” suddenly needs a private nuclear enrichment facility… the guy who wasn’t sure the “human race should endure” …that guy?

  I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.

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• BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Sounds like a national security threat to be honest.

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• drspod@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How is that legal?

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  • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    He owns the vice president. That’s how.

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why wouldn’t it be? Everyone here assumes he going to try for weapon’s grade material. Think any government would allow competition in that space?

    In any case, there’s a shitload of tech and tooling that goes into a multi-stage thermonuclear weapon. I think they’d notice him sneaking all that into the plant.

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• axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Make nukes or improve nuclear energy? or both?

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  • belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Probably for nuclear power for ai

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  • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Energy, presumably to power AI.

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• IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The article doesn’t make it clear what their goal is. Nuclear power plants only require enrichment to about 5% uranium-235. Nuclear weapons require in excess of 90%. So my guess is this would be strictly limited to the former.

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh, your guess, huh?

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• bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  lol this is how you get those movie plots about random guys getting their hands on nukes.

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