[ale] OT: Nuc reactors and Japan

[thehead at patshead.com (Pat Regan)]

On Fri, 6 May 2011 09:26:10 -0400
scott <scott at sboss.net> wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_4S
> 
> that talks about the Salt-Based nuclear reactors.

Someone more knowledgeable than me could tell me if I'm correct about
this.

I'm under the impression that one of the primary functions of many of
our reactors is that they can can be used to generate weapons grade
materials.  I don't know if that is only true of only our very early
reactors, though.

Pat