과학기술정책연구원(STEPI)에 따르면 1959년 원자력연구원이 설립된 이후 지난해까지 투입된 R&D 예산은 10조원가량이지만, 이를 통해 얻은 경제적 효과는 164조원에 달했다.
According to Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), R&D budget, which was invested until last year after the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute was established in 1959, was around 10 trillion won, but the economic effect that was obtained through it reached 164 trillion won.