Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

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Brovane

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We have enrichment capacity, just not the monstrously excessive capacity we had during the Cold War.

We don't nearly have enough for domestic consumption. The US is working to fix this problem but it will take years to rebuild what we used to have.

The USA currently has one operating enrichment plant owned by Urenco, with a capacity of 4.9 million SWU per year, compared with US requirements of about 15 million SWU/yr.

The US nuclear industry has asked the DOE to provide a source of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU, up to 20% U-235) for advanced reactors. Eleven developers of such reactors estimated in 2020 that they would need a total of about 2000 tonnes of HALEU above 10% enriched by 2035. Annual requirements grow progressively to 500 tU in that period.

In October 2023 the Biden administration requested $2.2 billion from Congress to enhance domestic enrichment capabilities for LEU and HALEU.

https://world-nuclear.org/informati...currently has one,-235) for advanced reactors.
 

gorobei

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We don't nearly have enough for domestic consumption. The US is working to fix this problem but it will take years to rebuild what we used to have.

The USA currently has one operating enrichment plant owned by Urenco, with a capacity of 4.9 million SWU per year, compared with US requirements of about 15 million SWU/yr.

The US nuclear industry has asked the DOE to provide a source of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU, up to 20% U-235) for advanced reactors. Eleven developers of such reactors estimated in 2020 that they would need a total of about 2000 tonnes of HALEU above 10% enriched by 2035. Annual requirements grow progressively to 500 tU in that period.

In October 2023 the Biden administration requested $2.2 billion from Congress to enhance domestic enrichment capabilities for LEU and HALEU.

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-t-z/usa-nuclear-fuel-cycle#:~:text=The USA currently has one,-235) for advanced reactors.
we can recycle the uranium.
spent rods still contain 90-95% of the energy of the original total. France recycles theirs, Japan just built their first system, while we are just starting. it will take a while to set up but way less need to mine/refine/enrich new stock. the main opposition was cost, transportation security, and the byproducts being usable for weapons.
 

Perknose

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Russia Arrests Top General


"A top Russian general has been arrested on bribery charges, according to the Tass news agency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s purge of his top military officials continued with the arrest of Major General Mirza Mirzaev."

[...]

Mirza allegedly tried to extort a defense contractor supplying prefabricated building modules, according to the Telegram channel Mash."
 

trenchfoot

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Pinched by Russians on three sides. Poland needs nuclear weapons.

If Trump wins I totally agree with that. Problem being, either the Brits or the French will have to pony up in that regard because Trump will be very busy filling out Putin's bucket list.

Impeaching Trump to stop him from swinging a wrecking ball at NATO will be a mission impossible deal and the only thing that stops him from handing the nation over to Putin will be our military leaders and the oligarchs who think he's bad for business.

We the people will be relegated into meaninglessness with no actual control over our lives. And the women of the nation? Well they're going to have to practice chastity in a very meaningful way exactly like the now elevated Christian Church of America wants them to or get the Salem Witch Trial method of being punished and reeducated served to them.

So I guess there's more than one way to unite the nation. I just wouldn't prefer to be doing it with a fixed bayoneted M4 prodding me in the back.
 

RnR_au

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Just curious. Not sure how much Russian sovereign wealth is frozen inside USA borders, but would Trump unfreeze it if Ukraine flips Trump the bird on a peace deal that involves ceding land for peace? Ease up on the sanctions maybe as well?
 

jdubs03

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I bet Ukraine starts ignoring any rules about not striking Russian targets beyond a certain point now. Just a hunch ...
If Biden and frickin Sullivan were smart they should be delivering every single piece of equipment they can before January 20th. That means no more restrictions on striking inside Russian territory with ATACMS and other systems; everything should be expedited at the utmost speed.

I saw something the other day that only 10% of the promised equipment have been provided; this is completely unacceptable andthat shit needs to get there fast.
 

HomerJS

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Trump will no longer have to pull out of NATO. He will render it useless because he will refuse to participate in Article 5 if Putin invades a member country.

He got us out of NATO via backdoor. Putin wins. I wonder if NATO can do a rapid expansion before Jan 20?
 

you2

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My hope, though i have doubts, is the biden adminstration gets much more aggressive allowing Ukraine to use weapons unrestricted and providing better weapons. Trump won't be able to put restricions in place since Ukraine knows he won't provide more weapons. Conversely the minute Biden ships the last of the weapons he authorized to ship restrictions on their usage are gone.


The bigger issue is how dependent Ukraine is on USA intelligence (I don't know the answer) because those will also likely be removed by Trump.

We can only hope that Trump doesn't provide putin weapons and/or technical details on such as a thank you for helping him get elected; we know that Trump will remove sanctions.
 

fskimospy

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My hope, though i have doubts, is the biden adminstration gets much more aggressive allowing Ukraine to use weapons unrestricted and providing better weapons. Trump won't be able to put restricions in place since Ukraine knows he won't provide more weapons. Conversely the minute Biden ships the last of the weapons he authorized to ship restrictions on their usage are gone.


The bigger issue is how dependent Ukraine is on USA intelligence (I don't know the answer) because those will also likely be removed by Trump.

We can only hope that Trump doesn't provide putin weapons and/or technical details on such as a thank you for helping him get elected; we know that Trump will remove sanctions.
I imagine US intelligence sharing with Ukraine will be sharply limited going forward as Ukraine now has to worry that the US will be passing that information on to Russia.
 
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Jaskalas

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Trump will no longer have to pull out of NATO. He will render it useless because he will refuse to participate in Article 5 if Putin invades a member country.

He got us out of NATO via backdoor. Putin wins. I wonder if NATO can do a rapid expansion before Jan 20?
Turkey and half of Europe will join Trump in betraying NATO.
Multiple EU member states are begging Putin to join Belarus in status.
What remains won't hold a candle to a battle hardened million man army marching through Europe.
 
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hal2kilo

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we can recycle the uranium.
spent rods still contain 90-95% of the energy of the original total. France recycles theirs, Japan just built their first system, while we are just starting. it will take a while to set up but way less need to mine/refine/enrich new stock. the main opposition was cost, transportation security, and the byproducts being usable for weapons.
Let the waste mismanagement begin.
 

trenchfoot

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Unlimited power in the hands of a moron. I really do hope our military leaders will stand up to Trump's arrogance and authoritarianism. I can just imagine Trump arresting every single officer that resists his efforts to turn our military into his personal bodyguard and hammer. I feel so sorry for our intelligence agencies when Trump replaces any of them who won't pledge their loyalty to him and fill the vacancies with unqualified loyalists who will of course try to make bank on their positions of power.

Putin is laughing his ass off at the moment at how absolutely stupid and easily manipulated Americans are that they would actually reelect a known felon and seditionist. Maybe the World Court will have to indict Trump like it did Putin because anything Putin does Trump will try to outdo him and he absolutely will try it with the backing of the majority of the people of the nation and the highest court of the land no less.

Insanity defined, all based on a pack of lies and disinformation. How odd it is that the corporate giants of America have worked hand in hand with Putin to win the war against the working class people of America, the majority of whom have willingly given up their rights and freedoms to a loose canon on deck without giving it a single thought as to what's going to happen to them on Jan. 21. 2025.

Sadly, no matter how worse things get for the nation under Trump's dictatorship, the people who elected him will never ever admit they were wrong, nor will they make any attempt at preventing Trump from causing any further damage to our nation's security, integrity and existence.

The economy you say? Well you will all notice how the economy has instantly turned into the best in the world since the moment Trump was declared the winner. Everything that was a disastrous failure for the Biden administration has now become a glowing hallmark of Trump's genius. I mean just look at how the Stock Market has been doing so well because everybody knew Trump was going to win this past Tuesday from the moment he got his election stolen from him.

Oh well, time to water the plants in the backyard and go shopping now that the prices of groceries have instantly become a non-issue anymore even though the prices are still going up. Meh just another thing that was so important is all of a sudden just something else to ignore now that Dictator Don is in the wheelhouse.
 

Brovane

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Trump will no longer have to pull out of NATO. He will render it useless because he will refuse to participate in Article 5 if Putin invades a member country.

He got us out of NATO via backdoor. Putin wins. I wonder if NATO can do a rapid expansion before Jan 20?

Trump did say that he would end the Ukrainian war before he is sworn into office.
 
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