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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by cesarb on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @06:37PM (#29656860)
> Being target for nuclear bombs isn't related to nuclear power in the slightest.

There's a reason nuclear power plant technology is strictly controlled as "dual use": the same technology used for power production can also be used to produce the material for a nuclear bomb. So you can't say they're completely unrelated.

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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by hcurtiss on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @08:06PM (#29657542)
Nuclear waste from commercial reactors in the US is not fissile. Reprocessing would change that (producing plutonium), but that's why we don't have fast breeders in the US (personally, I favor changing that). I'm aware of no enrichment facilities co-located with nuclear power plants, certainly not in the US.
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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by smotah on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:58PM (#29657501)
It's a bit more nuanced than that as there's just a subset of all possible nuclear power plant designs that needs the same enrichment facility than for military (bomb making) usage.
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