Climate Fix Podcast

D.J. and Phil have a discussion with Americans for Nuclear Energy Team Member, Jona Adams, about the company she started called Poseidon Atomic. This company aims to create large nuclear reactor platforms in the ocean, whose sole purpose is to synthesize large amounts of zero-net-emission hydrocarbon fuel from the sea, helping to decarbonize the transport sector.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Recorded: 1/26/2021

Phil and Colby have a discussion with Dr. Chris Keefer, a Toronto-based emergency department physician, nuclear power advocate, creator of environmental podcast Decouple, and director of the organization Doctors for Nuclear Energy. In this conversation, the health benefits and uses of all things nuclear are examined, which save countless lives on a daily basis.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Recorded: 1/1/2021

Colby and Phil have a discussion with Bret Kugelmass, director of the Energy Impact Center, and creator of the podcast Titans of Nuclear. Bret claims the nuclear power industry itself is participating in fear-mongering about the technology. We discuss the industry’s role in enabling public fear, a review of accident dangers, reactor engineering issues and the sobering reality of what climate mitigation efforts will require.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Recorded: 12/17/2020

Phil and Colby talk to energy expert Meredith Angwin, about her latest book, Shorting the Grid. The book describes the electric grid as a finely tuned machine, and highlights many bureaucratic and convoluted grid policies that threaten to severely weaken grid reliability. The author explains the situation and her concerns.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Colby and Phil talk with Brett Rampal, a nuclear power specialist, who works for Clean Air Task Force, a bipartisan climate change lobbying organization. The organization, their important work informing policymakers, and their nuclear-inclusive strategies are discussed.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Colby and Phil talk with Ed Pheil, chief executive of Elysium Industries, which is designing a molten chloride salt fast reactor (MCSFR) which uses existing nuclear waste as a fuel source. This technology and it’s environmental benefits are discussed.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Phil and Colby have a conversation with Zion Lights, director of Environmental Progress UK, former staff member of direct action climate activist group Extinction Rebellion UK, and all around green activist and environmental scholar. We discuss Lights’ shift toward nuclear power advocacy, evidence-based environmentalism, science communication, and what a new type of pro-nuclear climate activism may look like.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Phil and D.J. talk to Dr. Patrick Brown, climate and meteorology scientist and assistant professor at San Jose State University. He has several appearances in the media and has written a number of articles. We talk about the scientific realities of climate change, and also discuss the political divide surrounding the issue, and how to move towards some sort of progress (including the use of nuclear power) on large-scale emissions reduction in America.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Phil chats nuclear power with Dr. Jo Jorgensen and Spike Cohen, presidential and vice-presidential nominees of the Libertarian Party. An emphasis on deregulating and deploying nuclear power to solve climate has been a major talking point of America’s third largest political party this election cycle. Could this be the welcome paradigm shift in nuclear politics we have been waiting for?

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy

Phil, D.J. and Jona discuss the Green New Deal legislation drafted by progressive Democrats in House of Representatives earlier this year. We get down into the details and question some of the logistics and efficacy of such a policy, especially it ignoring and dismissing nuclear technology.

Created by: Americans for Nuclear Energy