More money from the EU budget now goes to nuclear research than to non-nuclear research and development, and more infrastructure funding goes to carbon capture and storage (CCS) and conventional energy than to renewable energies. The forthcoming negotiations on the EU’s 2014-2020 European budget are an opportunity to change direction and cut the funding for unpromising mega-projectslike the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) effort in southern France.
加快推动后核能时代变革还有很多工作要做。如今欧盟预算拨出更多资金用于核能而非核能以外能源的研究和开发，还有更多基础设施投资用于传统能源及碳的捕获和储存（CCS）而非可再生能源的发展应用。欧盟即将展开的2014－2020年欧洲预算谈判是转变方向的绝好机会，应该削减像法国南部国际热核试验反应堆（ITER）这样没有前途的大型项目的资金投入。