Bushehr in fact has negative proliferation risk: if they want to keep it online, they have to keep making fuel at Natanz. If they have to make fuel at Natanz, it can’t be reconfigured for weapons.

Glad you like the show. Thank you for the great ideas - they are certainly important and timely topics.

Here’s a possible topic for a future program. I took a look at the subjects of your previous shows, but didn’t see any program which was specifically devoted to the issue of proliferation of nuclear weapons as it relates to nuclear power. I find this subject is often misunderstood by most members of the public, who really don’t know the difference between a nuclear power reactor and a weapons production facility. In particular, the issue of reactor-grade plutonium versus weapons-grade plutonium is important. Can a reliable and effective nuclear weapon be created from power reactor plutonium? Carson Mark has written on this subject. Power reactor proliferation has relevance in today’s world as Iran is getting ready to start-up it’s Bushehr power plant. How much of a proliferation risk is Bushehr?

There are also discussions in the US concerning the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. Is the “Jimmy Carter Doctrine” regarding reprocessing and proliferation still in place? How serious are the efforts to reverse this policy?

Looking forward to more shows…