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A lot of the supply chain and skills base is shared between the nuclear military and commercial nuclear.

The military's needs are not quite as straightforward as "take plutonium put it in a box". They need nuclear engineers, parts for PWRs, etc.

This is why the US government pushes nuclear power heavily in spite of it 5xing the cost of civilian electricity.




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