IMHO after 5 years of nukes flying around I would think people would do anything not to see another one used. I would say 99% of remaining people have lost someone dear to them due to a nuke or it's effects.
I could see WP and NATO forces teaming up together to stop one from being stolen or used if they had timely intel.
And I think MilGov, CivGov and even NA to a degree would do the same as well.
As to sources of materials for a dirty bomb, there would be quite a bit around.
ICBM would still be guarded if they were useable. No government is going to risk one of those. But tac weapons in the form of artillery shells and ballistic missiles (ie SCUDs and Lances to name two) might be available if the unit using them was over run or destroyed. You also have their supply units which might have a few floating around in storage.
Reactors might be a bit of a problem, as any local community might be trying to use it to power the local area (as in Going Home) and if so they would be well guarded.
But you need to think of other sources. Hospitals and universities have legal access to radioactive material which would be much easier to obtain and would still be very useable in a dirty bomb.
As to NWH skill, this would need to be very high and would need a few other skills as well for sure (machinist is one for sure to build the new casing, electronic is another for the firing mech and timer). Again these would have to be really high as well with really bad results if you have a failure at anytime.
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