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Kinda sounds like the hiring of prohibition agents in the 1920s. Although they weren't paid very well, but they still recruited a lot of people that supported the policies. Of course, they were out of a job once political winds changed...

As I wrote earlier: slaughtering your golden goose (science & research, by gutting government research agencies and kneecapping non-government research institutions) is a good way to lose the 21st century
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I'm really sorry, it seems like nobody is safe. I went through that recently too. At least nuclear engineers are still in high demand if it doesn't work out

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Actually, looking at it again it seems they are relying on semiconductors to improve efficiency. Those might work well for a while, but they'd degrade over time with radiation

Not really, afaik it was all done in the 50s-70s, with the exception of TOPAZ I and II. I don't see anything in the design that looks very sensitive to radiation though, unless they're relying on semiconductors

Typically they handle it fine. The radiation ionizes the plasma between the electrodes which decreases space charge effects, and increase emission. The biggest issue is changes in gap distance, but thermal expansion is a greater contributor to that. TOPAZ flew with thermionics in the fuel assemblies

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