The US Congress should discourage efforts to advance the technology to make fuel for nuclear reactors, say Francis Slakey and Linda R. Cohen — the risks outweigh the benefits.
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Slakey, F., Cohen, L. Stop laser uranium enrichment. Nature 464, 32–33 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464032a
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