http://news.antiwar.com/2009/04/29/north-korea-threatens-new-nuke-tests/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/04/29/north-korea-threatens-new-nuke-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 TimH Fri, 01 May 2009 01:03:01 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=3474#comment-1317 Here is the good news. Uranium enrichment either by gaseous diffusion requires HUGE amounts of electricity, and the centrifuge method requires constant supplies of high-performance components to keep the cascades of thousands of high-speed (100,000RPM) centrifuges operating. It is a very slow and inefficient method of making bomb explosive. 80~90% of N. Korea's electricity is supplied from China. This is NOT going to happen Here is the good news. Uranium enrichment either by gaseous diffusion requires HUGE amounts of electricity, and the centrifuge method requires constant supplies of high-performance components to keep the cascades of thousands of high-speed (100,000RPM) centrifuges operating. It is a very slow and inefficient method of making bomb explosive. 80~90% of N. Korea's electricity is supplied from China. This is NOT going to happen

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