> we wasted it by never moving beyond 1970s reactor designs There's this popular idea that the reason nuclear never moved beyond 60s tech is because some evil

> we wasted it by never moving beyond 1970s reactor designs There's this popular idea that the reason nuclear never moved beyond 60s tech is because some evil conspiracy, too stupid populace, or both. In reality, billions were poured in research especially during the 80s for more advanced designs, but it is a classic hard problem. It is both a physics and an engineering problem, with plenty of unknown unknowns. Breeder reactors were already built 30 years ago and they spent more time under repair than delivering energy, after building costs have already been overrun many times over. To make the case that we should build more of the same, better arguments are needed.