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Inspired by: workshops/meetings » More money dedicated to nuclear research

version: 2 / updated: 2010-06-24
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Originally submitted by: Ondrej Valenta
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Source of inspiration

Workshops/Meetings

iKnow workshop country name

Czech Republic

Workshop date

March 2010

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
More money dedicated to nuclear research

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
Governments realized that long-term funding of nuclear research would bring about significant improvements to natural environment, quality of life as well as regional development. Significant is also a possibility to become energy-independent.

Keywords

public funding, nuclear research, improvement, energy indepenency, natural environment

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
Governments spend more public funding to nuclear research for the sake of overall economic development and energy independency.

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 significant improvements in efficiency of production of energy from nuclear sources new/emerging
 		very beneficial
 		now-2025
#2 also increased security in nuclear energy production new/emerging
 		very beneficial
 		now-2025
#3 spread of hydrogen-based transportation new/emerging
 		very beneficial
 		now-2050

Importance

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Level 3: important for the European Union

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

information/communicational filters (media/editorial interests, language, reasoning)
institutional filters (rules, laws, regulations)
economic filters (business/market interests)
affective filters (emotions, anxiety, self-doubt)
scientific filters (knowledge/technology access)
political filters (party or ideological interests)

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Energy security/dynamics
Economic prosperity/dynamics
Innovation dynamics
Sustainability and climate change

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Energy
Environment (including Climate Change)
Transport (including aeronautics)
Space
Security
Nuclear research
Regional development
International S&T Cooperation

Pan-European strategies influencing the signal

please justify:
particularly relevant
Facilitating and promoting knowledge sharing and transfer
Increasing the efficiency and impact of public research through Joint Programming (i.e. combining national and pan-European research efforts) or the optimisation of research programmes and priorities, for example.
Fostering and facilitating coherent international cooperation in science and technology

Research-friendly strategies potentially improving understanding of the signal

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please justify:
particularly relevant
Strengthening the actors in the research-friendly ecology
(i.e. Research funding organisations, universities, businesses, Research and Technology Organisations, Researchers and Citizens)
Addressing cohesion through a localised articulation between supply and demand
(e.g. making research institutions more engaged with their own context and local users; reinforcing knowledge flows into and out of regions; etc.
Creating a closer link between researchers & policy-makers
(e.g. supporting both thematic and cross-cutting policies, highlighting the strategic purpose of the European Research Area, etc.