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Is there any reason as to why uranium fuel cells are locked in nuclear fuel processing and not nuclear power? I'm no developer, but it would be fair to assume that there was a reason behind this? Was it needed to help explain the uranium drop chances or to somehow benefit mod creators?

Have any of the devs made any mentions of streamlining nuclear power down?

Does help to guide the player in the process of making the cells, before worrying about how to use them for power. And lets you have uranium products for non-nuclear power usage without needing to grab the nuclear power technology. Say if you only wanted the uranium ammo.