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Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future by wolvoleo on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @06:19PM (#47329485)
Yes and nuclear was especially funded like that by countries with nuclear weapons. Is not a coincidence that there's so much overlap between countries with much nuclear power and weapons.

Not that nuclear power plants create weaponisable isotopes, they don't, but having a healthy functioning nuclear industry really helps.

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Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future by UltraSane on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @11:59PM (#47331615)
Conflating nuclear power and nuclear weapons is the mistake Germany made that led to their deeply stupid decision to shut down their perfectly safe nuclear reactors.
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Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future by OKRainbowKid on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @03:37AM (#47332655)
It most definitely is not?

The decision was made in response to Fukushima, 15 years ago. Generational trauma from Chernobyl probably played a role as well. How does this relate to nuclear weapons at all?

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Re:The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future by wolvoleo on Thursday March 12, 2026 @05:03AM (#47348163)
Personally I think we do need nuclear weapons but not nuclear power. We can't rely on the US anymore for a nuclear umbrella so Europe needs to have its own (and just the UK/French ones is not enough).

It's the only real deterrent against Russia. But nuclear power I'm not in favour of due to the long-term waste and potential safety impact.

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