Bump for the Oak Ridge Boys!
The US nuclear industry, what little remains of it, have all of their money tied up in the Generation III Light Water uranium reactors. AP 1000 .
The NRC has drug their feet on approving licenses for these reactors costing these company millions.
They and the Eurpean nuclear companies also seem to have bet their the future of the High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor. HTGR .
Being among the minority of freepers who think global warming is potentially a long-term problem, I’m fine with government research on viable new sources of energy. This one seems like it has a lot of potential.
Anyway, government research has shown to be the best bang for the buck in reducing emissions. Fracking research got significant funding from the Feds, and the results have been astounding. Decreased emissions, potential American independence,hundreds of thousands of jobs, new economic life for America’s rural areas—it’s been a miracle.