# Next member of the nuclear club?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-member-of-the-nuclear-club/375986>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 10, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-member-of-the-nuclear-club/375986 "2006-10-10T22:35:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-member-of-the-nuclear-club/375986/1 "2006-10-10T22:35:54Z")

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Assuming the NK test claim is real, or at least not disproved, which is the most probable next country to build and test a nuclear bomb?

I’m thinking South Korea will be the next, if they have the raw materials available. Anyone know whether that have any reactors that could generate it? I would have said Japan if they didn’t have such a nuke-averse population.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-member-of-the-nuclear-club/375986/2 "2006-10-11T01:28:16Z")

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Quebec

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-member-of-the-nuclear-club/375986/3 "2006-10-11T01:44:59Z")

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I’ve been hearing a rumor here and there that Iran is thinking about building nuclear weapons. You’d think that public officials or the media would mention something like that though.

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**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-member-of-the-nuclear-club/375986/4 "2006-10-11T14:20:42Z")

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We’ll try to stay serene and calm, [when Alabama gets the bomb.](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Who's-Next-lyrics-Tom-Lehrer/77C8BE7B6C1B3E6A48256A7D0025576E)