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The other issue is that nuclear research has been underfunded for decades. We could have had new safe effective and cost efficient designs.



Nuclear energy has had a massive research advantage over its entire lifetime. It simply never delivers due to being horrifically expensive.

You just keep making empty promises that never work out in reality. Just look at Flamanville 3 being 7x over budget and 13 years late on a 5 year construction schedule.

You want more of that?!?


That is why I say "might, possibly", rather than being firmly yes or no.

R&D is high-variance.


Research is, engineering less so.




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