Smart Friends

#045 The Future of Nuclear Energy: Politics, Culture, and Technology with Mark Nelson


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Topics:

 

(3:15) - Mark’s career & background

 

(4:40) - Do you think there is a popular renaissance behind Nuclear Energy?

 

(6:27) - Realizing the regulatory problem holding back energy advancement

 

(15:35) - The costs behind Nuclear

 

(18:06) - The Nuclear customer & Europe’s approach to Nuclear

 

(31:46) - France’s energy price crisis

 

(37:00) - The history of Nuclear Power

 

(51:07) - The next wave: Advanced Nuclear

 

(1:01:51) - Who’s behind the push for Advanced Nuclear?

 

(1:03:27) - How did the USA lose its ability to build new reactors?

 

(1:08:38) - Nuclear success in the United States Navy

 

(1:21:57) - Debunking Plutonium

 

(1:224:26) - What is the supply chain of building reactors in the Navy?

 

(1:27:10) - What are reliable resources for people to learn more about or work in Nuclear?

 

(1:32:14) - Wrap up

 

 

Links:

 

Mark on Twitter

 

Radiant Energy Fund

 

Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air by David JC MacKay

 

The World Nuclear Association Library

 

Clean Corps

 

The rePLANET Network

 

The Mothers for Nuclear Organization

 

 

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