Comment on Trump Administration Providing Weapons Grade Plutonium to Sam Altman

Two_Hangmen@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Had to check. After reading, it’s even worse than the headline makes it out.

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  • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    holy shit! right! :

    “On Tuesday, the US Department of Energy (DOE) launched an application for interested parties to apply for access to a maximum of 19 metric tonnes — a little under 42,000 pounds — of weapons-grade plutonium, which has long been a key resource undergirding the US nuclear arsenal.”

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    • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So this shit is going to disappear and for the entire rest of humanity we will have to worry about people building mini nukes with this stolen material. It’s very hard to get it currently, but that much could make many bombs.

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      • Mirshe@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        So officially it’s just ACCESS. You’re not carting it away without an escort or a clear idea of where it’s going, and it’s still technically controlled by the DOE. However, since the levers are all ripped off by the administration cutting everything to the bone and then some, this is effectively a cash injection to OpenAI by financing some terror organizations and rogue states.

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Meanwhile, if Iran made 1kg of plutonium, they would be carpet bombed.

      Plutonium is only useful for bombs.

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      • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        naturally. Its like not buying your meth from El Padrino.

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