此外，一批开展核能项目的国家还拥有这种能力：当它们的安全认知发生改变时，只要愿意，便能在短短数月内生产出核武器，这是因为它们已经掌握了临界技术 — — 铀浓缩与钚的再处理。
In addition, a number of countries with nuclear energy programs have the capability, if they choose, to manufacture nuclear weapons within a matter of months if their security perceptions change, because they have mastered the critical technology – uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing.