This reminds me of the joke "Fusion is 30 years away and always will be".
The reason is that a panel of scientist predicted various timelines of viable fusion between 30 years and infinity years based on effective funding. Ever since the funding for nuclear research was significantly below the level of the infinity years[0].
I suspect nuclear fission followed a similar path in the last decades.
This reminds me of the joke "Fusion is 30 years away and always will be".
The reason is that a panel of scientist predicted various timelines of viable fusion between 30 years and infinity years based on effective funding. Ever since the funding for nuclear research was significantly below the level of the infinity years[0].
I suspect nuclear fission followed a similar path in the last decades.
[0] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-f...