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Re:Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas dr... by pjc50 on Friday January 12, 2024 @11:37AM (#38970207)
Lots of places built dual-purpose reactors? The initial UK nuclear program (Windscale) was weapons-first. The famous French reactor programme and their independent nuclear deterrent are also linked.

Also, this is why people are reluctant to let some of the world's larger carbon emitters, the oil states in the middle east, build nuclear reactors. Iran has a small, heavily monitored fleet.

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Re:Wind turbines are friendlier to birds than oil-and-gas dr... by gcheong on Friday January 12, 2024 @11:41AM (#38970286)
Fair enough, but my point is that nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons development are two different things and one doesn't necessarily lead to the other. In other words one can be against a particular use of a technology without being against the technology itself.
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