No one will dare step in our way. Surrounding municipalities are not so jubilant. In fact, several communities announced they too are pursuing nuclear programs. We made Division 1 Football finals 4 of the last 5 years and there is no way we're giving that up just because some school has the bomb. Anyway, we can't find enough affordable people to teach these damn kids computer skills.
Nuclear technicians are much cheaper.
Why, China offered us a dozen scientists if, in return, our students rent the latest movies for them to copy and sell back home. Don't tell me Pakistan got off that cheaply. As fears grow, the federal government worries it will cause a domino effect that will ripple across the country. The hope is this will curb the anxiety among the populous and contain atomic propagation to the state. Some scoff at this and call it an overreaction by a meddling government.