The truth about Finland's Olkiluoto 3 nuclear plant: Finland plans to produce nuclear weapons?
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Yes, and it's weapons grade bullshit.
The EPR design is ill suited to plutonium production. As a pressurized design, it has to be stopped, depressurized, and opened in order to remove the fuel bundles. But producing plutonium only needs the fuel to burn for maybe 6 weeks. Longer than that and you start accumulating more isotopes you don't want.
This is why PWRs have NEVER been used (emphasis on NEVER) for enrichment by anyone. They're the least suited to it because they have to be off to be refueled.