• trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    New plants are way to expensive. It’s non longer economical to build those.

    It was never economical. Nuclear power was heavily subsidised for other reasons than electricity generation. Any country that runs a sizable nuclear industry for power generation does have the capability to develop a nuclear weapons programme in relatively short order. (Usually a matter of months)

    It’s basically nuclear deterrent light.

    • Ice@lemmy.zip
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      11 hours ago

      Any country that runs a sizable nuclear industry for power generation does have the capability to develop a nuclear weapons programme in relatively short order.

      This is false. Sweden does not have a nuclear programme and does have a sizeable nuclear energy sector.