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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by lukeschlather on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:23AM (#26214631)
According to the IEA we are spending more on nuclear power research than any other category. (More than wind and solar combined.) More money won't magically give us better nuclear technology. If renewables keep getting better we're going to have to start some serious conversations about cutting nuclear funding in a few years, we're investing too much money with basically zero return on investment.

https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-technology-rdd-budgets-20...

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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by balfirevic on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:46AM (#26214901)
> According to the IEA we are spending more on nuclear power research than any other category.

Does that include fusion research?

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Re:Activists who embrace nuclear power by vkou on Sunday February 21, 2021 @01:35PM (#26215852)
How much of this R&D goes into nuclear power research, and how much of it is nuclear weapons research that is billed as power research?

For example, the laser fusion research that hit 'break even' a few days ago was a byproduct of work on nuclear weapons.

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