It is always worth reading
the #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists

They say
#AUKUS #submarines
https://thebulletin.org/2023/04/whats-next-for-the-aukus-submarine-deal/#post-heading

They say:
"... highly enriched uranium fuel for the submarines, the type currently used in US and UK submarines. This is the same material that can be used—with chemical processing and other capabilities that Australia does not have—to manufacture the core of a nuclear weapon."

#physicists, do any of you know what 'capabilities Australia does not have' might mean?
#chemists, what chemical processes are TBoAS referring to?

I do not understand. If one were to take an oxy-acetylene torch to an AUKUS submarine, might one not have a reactor core on ones workbench in days? From there, isn't machining a dense (radioactive - yay fun) metal the only step to making a gun-type device?
You'd have to throw away the sub, some humans, a lathe and a foundry, yes. In this caper, throwing away lives and money is 'collateral damage', is it not?

How is it even remotely possible that this is not a breach (or an open backdoor) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?

Seguito, come mia consuetudine, #live.
Sinceramente, meglio di quanto avessi pronosticato (30 secondi), viste le premesse, ma resta, in ogni caso, inquietante.

1 minuto e mezzo all' #Armageddon

#BulletinofTheAtomicScientists #DoomsdayClock #Midnight