在世界范围内正在投入大量的人力物力来开发先进核动力堆。包括政府、工业界、电力公司、大学、国家实验室和研究所在内的许多组织参与了这一活动。每年用于开发大的反应堆类型的新设计、技术改进和有关研究活动的开支,估计超过15亿美元。IAEA 通过其核动力计划框架内的活 In the world is investing a lot of manpower and resources to develop advanced nuclear power reactor. Many organizations, including government, industry, power companies, universities, national laboratories and research institutes, are involved in this activity. Expenditure on new designs, technological improvements and related research activities used to develop large reactor types each year is estimated at more than 1.5 billion U.S. dollars. The IAEA adopted the framework within its nuclear program