| Google has acquired a company that has created | | | | industry. And enriched uranium is a particularly |
| a new process for highly efficient isotope | | | | sensitive topic and creation and distribution of the |
| separation, we've confirmed from multiple | | | | substance is highly controlled. |
| sources. The primary use of this technology, say | | | | Enriched uranium can also be used for nuclear |
| experts we've spoken with, is uranium | | | | weapons production, which is why the industry is |
| enrichment. | | | | so highly regulated. |
| Enriched uranium is a necessary ingredient in the | | | | Says one source: "The story Google is putting out |
| creation of nuclear energy, and one source we've | | | | there is that the new technology will be built for |
| spoken with at Google says that this is part of | | | | clean energy production. But all of the research |
| the Google Green Initiative. The company will use | | | | and development they're doing in this area is being |
| the new technology to enable it to design and | | | | conducted outside of the U.S., and the enrichment |
| possibly build small, mobile and highly efficient | | | | facility is also outside of the U.S." |
| nuclear power generators. "Google has already | | | | And more chillingly: "It would be trivial for anyone |
| begun building an enrichment plant," says a high | | | | with this technology to build a nuclear weapon." |
| ranking IAEA source. | | | | Google, which has been shaken by its inability to |
| As GreenBeat points out, "Google finally decided | | | | counter Chinese censorship and hacking efforts, |
| to launch a dedicated unit of the company for | | | | may be engaging in enrichment research as part |
| designing and building its own solar panels, wind | | | | of a new effort to simply protect itself from |
| turbines, energy efficiency devices, etc. So far, its | | | | outside threats. |
| green efforts have been pursued by separate | | | | One source pointed out that if Google were its |
| projects within the company. Nuclear is an obvious | | | | own country, its revenues would place it at 74th |
| next step for the company." | | | | on the list of countries sorted by gross domestic |
| GreenBeat first broke the story (first titled | | | | product. "The U.S. government clearly won't |
| Google Has A Big Alternate Energy | | | | protect Google from China, so Google is taking |
| Announcement Forthcoming) after seeing multiple | | | | the logical step of protecting itself with a physical |
| tweets about the impending announcement. | | | | deterrent." |
| But other sources we've spoken with say Google | | | | To be clear, most of this is speculation. All we've |
| has no real intention of pursuing nuclear energy, | | | | confirmed is that Google has acquired a company |
| despite the fact that the company has promoted | | | | with a new enrichment process and that they |
| the use of alternate energy sources for years. | | | | have begun researching small, nuclear portable |
| Of particular concern is the fact that the | | | | generators. But there is real evidence here that |
| company Google acquired is based outside of the | | | | Google may be working on something much more |
| U.S., and little is known about the new enrichment | | | | sinister to counter the China threat. More as this |
| technology they've developed. | | | | develops. |
| Nuclear power generation is a highly regulated | | | | |