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Re:Australia to acquire nuclear submarine fleet (AUKUS) by roca on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:40AM (#28562404)
What does a "nuclear nation" mean here? Note that Australia has a small (20MW) nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights. 32 countries have commercial power reactors, including the likes of Slovenia and Armenia. Are they "nuclear nations" or not?
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Re:Australia to acquire nuclear submarine fleet (AUKUS) by NL807 on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:59AM (#28562529)
I think the main differentiator here is operating big enough reactors that could be used to enrich practical quantities of nuclear material.
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Re:Australia to acquire nuclear submarine fleet (AUKUS) by nsonha on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:19AM (#28566473)
May be it's not about reactor because anyone can operate one, more about the capability of processing nuclear materials like you said
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