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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by mateo1 on Monday March 07, 2022 @01:59PM (#30591860)
Their reasearch: "If we lobby really hard, get someone's political career tied to the success of our project and sink enough public funds into this so backing out is no longer considered an option, we'll make tons of money. p=0.05 btw"
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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by kitd on Monday March 07, 2022 @02:47PM (#30592460)
Their research includes producing the nuclear power plants on the UK's submarines btw:

https://www.rolls-royce.com/products-and-services/defence/su...

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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by parineum on Monday March 07, 2022 @02:08PM (#30591978)
Why wouldn't you lobby to get public funds _and_ do something that can actually sell mass market?
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Re:Britain to start approval process for Rolls-Royce mini nu... by scaramanga on Monday March 07, 2022 @08:21PM (#30595424)
Because one of those is difficult.
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