You could say that military investment into fusion and fission bombs was groundwork for everything done since. On the other hand, the fact that nuclear power st

You could say that military investment into fusion and fission bombs was groundwork for everything done since. On the other hand, the fact that nuclear power started with bombs probably contributed to it falling out of favor and being regulated to irrelevance (even though hydrocarbons have been responsible for a lot more deaths and environmental damage).