[kubanczyk]

> I'm pretty nuclear

I'm atomic, FWIW.

> how having nuclear power prevents vulnerability to direct attack?

OP alluded to a well-known bonus capability of nuclear power plants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-239#Production

[Moldoteck]

it's very hard to create plutonium for weapons this way due to parasitic isotopes. Much easier to have distributed enrichment or uranium.