Academics and the grid. Are they studying the right things?
Nuclear definitely needs to be a larger part of our energy future. This article briefly alludes to its &quot;social and political&quot; challenges, but that undersells how nuclear is subject to more impact study per watt than any fossil fuel plant ever has. But the basis of that is simple economics: an economy dominated by fossil fuels (with an increasing share coming from &quot;green&quot; tech that will still always need a reliable base load that fossil fuels will be happy to provide) will spend large amounts of effort minimizing the benefits of a tech whose RoI to the owner is measured over tens of decades.