Startups are aiming for an audacious reboot of America’s nuclear energy program. With massive energy demand for data centers and recent executive orders from President Trump that aim to quadruple nuclear-power generation in the next 25 years, the industry is having a moment. What will it take to meet these goals, and is it even possible? X-energy CEO Clay Sell and WSJ reporter Jennifer Hiller discuss how small modular nuclear reactors could lower the cost of building nuclear while meeting America’s energy needs and what the electric grid of the future could look like. Alex Ossola hosts.

Further Reading: 

The Audacious Reboot of America’s Nuclear Energy Program

Trump Wants to Expand Nuclear Power. It Won’t Be Easy

New York to Build One of First U.S. Nuclear-Power Plants in Generation

A Nuclear Power Plant in Your Backyard? Future Reactors Are Going Small

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