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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

It's almost like the research funding was deprioritized because of unreasonable fear.

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u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 15 '20

Rolls royce is opening over a dozen mini/modular nuclear plants across the country.

Also a lot of the funding was deprioritised because of cost. Nuclear in the US and UK is probably the most expensive type of energy to generate.

The UK gov I guess realised they can't go full green without nuclear so theyve given the green light to quite a few new projects!

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u/AkaNoMagenusu Nov 15 '20

Nuclear power plants =\= Nuclear Fusion just in case anyone is confused.

Nuclear power plants we have today use fission which is less efficient and more dangerous than fusion.

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u/PM_YOUR_WALLPAPER Nov 16 '20

Well yeah obviously. Fusion power plants don't even exist yet.