...without any Uranium or other nuclear casings would by definition be environmental, since they don't have a whole amount of radioactive waste once the deuterium atoms have fused. If the EU upgrades everything to fusion, and phases out fission completely, they would be ESG compliant
It does leave the question of Russia, though. In a hypothetical war, if Russian bombs fall on Europe, would they be ESG compliant? I'm guessing that European bombs falling on Russia would pass all ESG standards, and therefo
...without any Uranium or other nuclear casings would by definition be environmental, since they don't have a whole amount of radioactive waste once the deuterium atoms have fused. If the EU upgrades everything to fusion, and phases out fission completely, they would be ESG compliant
It does leave the question of Russia, though. In a hypothetical war, if Russian bombs fall on Europe, would they be ESG compliant? I'm guessing that European bombs falling on Russia would pass all ESG standards, and therefore the Russians should have nothing to worry about
Can the European Union sue Russia after a bombing if the nukes they used aren't ESG compliant? As absurd as it sounds, I'm sure somebody in the administration has looked at it as a realistic scenario.
Sure, but "pure fusion" bombs are pretty much science fiction at this point. Igniting fusion in LiDu requires a tremendous amount of energy and not an insubstantial flux of neutrons. You're not getting either of those things in a profile suitable for military deployment without a fission primary. It might be a small (maybe even less than a kiloton) primary but you're not getting the Plutonium or Uranium (or maybe Neptunium in some cases) out of there any time soon.
...without any Uranium or other nuclear casings would by definition be environmental, since they don't have a whole amount of radioactive waste once the deuterium atoms have fused. If the EU upgrades everything to fusion, and phases out fission completely, they would be ESG compliant
It does leave the question of Russia, though. In a hypothetical war, if Russian bombs fall on Europe, would they be ESG compliant? I'm guessing that European bombs falling on Russia would pass all ESG standards, and therefo
...without any Uranium or other nuclear casings would by definition be environmental, since they don't have a whole amount of radioactive waste once the deuterium atoms have fused. If the EU upgrades everything to fusion, and phases out fission completely, they would be ESG compliant
It does leave the question of Russia, though. In a hypothetical war, if Russian bombs fall on Europe, would they be ESG compliant? I'm guessing that European bombs falling on Russia would pass all ESG standards, and therefore the Russians should have nothing to worry about
Can the European Union sue Russia after a bombing if the nukes they used aren't ESG compliant? As absurd as it sounds, I'm sure somebody in the administration has looked at it as a realistic scenario.
Sure, but "pure fusion" bombs are pretty much science fiction at this point. Igniting fusion in LiDu requires a tremendous amount of energy and not an insubstantial flux of neutrons. You're not getting either of those things in a profile suitable for military deployment without a fission primary. It might be a small (maybe even less than a kiloton) primary but you're not getting the Plutonium or Uranium (or maybe Neptunium in some cases) out of there any time soon.
1. It was not done "quietly", it was discussed according to due process:
* The legal process: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/r... [europa.eu] ; the text https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/... [europa.eu]
* August 24 - Bloomberg reporting about the proposal https://news.bloomberglaw.com/... [bloomberglaw.com] and
* November 25 - Those who disagreed presented a motion at the European Parliament (which was not approved) https://oeil.europarl.europa.e... [europa.eu]
* November 26 - Euronews reporting about the vote at the Parliament https://www.euronews.com/my-eu... [euronews.com] including