Yes. Every country should have their own nuclear program.
xylopyrography on
That would be against our treaty obligations, and piss off a much more favourable American administration.
It would make the world much much less safe as it would encourage many other capable actors of doing the same.
MrSpotgold on
Of course. Every country should have an abomb so that whenever some dumb fuck is voted into high office they can throw it on another country.
alvinofdiaspar on
We should process our nuclear wastes – far more goodies there.
Psychological_Neck97 on
Canada fucks up almost everything it does so no .
Mr_Guavo on
It makes no sense that we are one of the largest producers of uranium in the world, but we don’t do the value-added enrichment part.
The “take natural resources out of the ground and sell it to an advanced country to actually make stuff out of it” mindset needs to change. The fact that America isn’t a producer of uranium, but we need to buy enriched uranium from them, blows my mind.
Gimedecash on
Yes I think we should. I wouldn’t mind a nuke or two stationed somewhere in Canada.
TrickyDicky202069 on
You need to start realizing that America has begun looking very Russian, and we start looking very Ukrainian.
Just have all the LEGO pieces made up so you could slap one together pretty quick. And 6 subs, 2 for each ocean, 1 in dry dock and one out at all times.
Channing1986 on
Why the hell not?
Possible-Arachnid793 on
We should have space nukes
RicketyEdge on
Are we going to start building reactors that require enriched uranium as fuel?
If so, then fuck yes. We should have total and complete control over our domestic fuel supply.
If not, then no.
asoap on
So some clarification because people are talking about atom bombs. Those are typically plutinoium. Enriching uranium doesn’t produce plutonium. You would have to toast it in a reactor to do so. You’ll also have the IAEA breathing down your neck and raising alarms.
This is talking about enriching uranium where you spin it in a centrifuge. You are increasing U-235 which is naturally 0.7% of the uranium.
Typically the US reactors are enriched to around 5%.
Yes, we should be enirching uranium because the SMRs we’re building in Ontario require it. We don’t want to rely on the US, or France to do so. However I’m sure France would be a stable trading partner. But also at COP the world said they were doing to double (tripple?) nuclear reactors around the world. There is a lot of interest in the space.
We sell uranium, we should also sell enriched uranium to power the world.
73629265 on
If the world has shown me anything, nuclear armament is literally the only deterrent.Â
Method__Man on
If you ask me this a year ago, I would’ve said hell no. If you asked me this today, I would say hell yes.
FootjobBlowjobCombo on
Nordic countries + Canada is similar in population and gdp to france/GB
We share stable democracies, alliances and values
Makes sense we should operate an independent nuclear shield of our own to assert our sovereignty over the arctic and burden share the costs of doing so with them
AWE2727 on
Not against the idea but do worry Canadian government can’t keep it secured and safe.
We have let in so many foreign bad actors I would be concerned they somehow get a hold of some.
If we do proceed are we planning to build missile silos for ICBM’s? Who would we even aim them at?
I don’t really want to see a “arms race” again but it is a good deterrent for our own protection.
Natural-Estimate-228 on
Yes it’s ridiculous that it hasn’t yet . Now is the time. The US cannot be relied on anymore. We use nuclear power so we should be self sufficient.
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We should have nukes
Yes. Every country should have their own nuclear program.
That would be against our treaty obligations, and piss off a much more favourable American administration.
It would make the world much much less safe as it would encourage many other capable actors of doing the same.
Of course. Every country should have an abomb so that whenever some dumb fuck is voted into high office they can throw it on another country.
We should process our nuclear wastes – far more goodies there.
Canada fucks up almost everything it does so no .
It makes no sense that we are one of the largest producers of uranium in the world, but we don’t do the value-added enrichment part.
The “take natural resources out of the ground and sell it to an advanced country to actually make stuff out of it” mindset needs to change. The fact that America isn’t a producer of uranium, but we need to buy enriched uranium from them, blows my mind.
Yes I think we should. I wouldn’t mind a nuke or two stationed somewhere in Canada.
You need to start realizing that America has begun looking very Russian, and we start looking very Ukrainian.
Just have all the LEGO pieces made up so you could slap one together pretty quick. And 6 subs, 2 for each ocean, 1 in dry dock and one out at all times.
Why the hell not?
We should have space nukes
Are we going to start building reactors that require enriched uranium as fuel?
If so, then fuck yes. We should have total and complete control over our domestic fuel supply.
If not, then no.
So some clarification because people are talking about atom bombs. Those are typically plutinoium. Enriching uranium doesn’t produce plutonium. You would have to toast it in a reactor to do so. You’ll also have the IAEA breathing down your neck and raising alarms.
This is talking about enriching uranium where you spin it in a centrifuge. You are increasing U-235 which is naturally 0.7% of the uranium.
Typically the US reactors are enriched to around 5%.
Yes, we should be enirching uranium because the SMRs we’re building in Ontario require it. We don’t want to rely on the US, or France to do so. However I’m sure France would be a stable trading partner. But also at COP the world said they were doing to double (tripple?) nuclear reactors around the world. There is a lot of interest in the space.
We sell uranium, we should also sell enriched uranium to power the world.
If the world has shown me anything, nuclear armament is literally the only deterrent.Â
If you ask me this a year ago, I would’ve said hell no. If you asked me this today, I would say hell yes.
Nordic countries + Canada is similar in population and gdp to france/GB
We share stable democracies, alliances and values
Makes sense we should operate an independent nuclear shield of our own to assert our sovereignty over the arctic and burden share the costs of doing so with them
Not against the idea but do worry Canadian government can’t keep it secured and safe.
We have let in so many foreign bad actors I would be concerned they somehow get a hold of some.
If we do proceed are we planning to build missile silos for ICBM’s? Who would we even aim them at?
I don’t really want to see a “arms race” again but it is a good deterrent for our own protection.
Yes it’s ridiculous that it hasn’t yet . Now is the time. The US cannot be relied on anymore. We use nuclear power so we should be self sufficient.