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  "proposition": "Not by itself. A campus may use dedicated or contracted nuclear output, but continuity still depends on plant design, interconnection, load rejection, maintenance, fuel, cooling, substations, communications, licensing, emergency systems, and tested islanding or black-start capability.",
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