Today we get to hang out with my buddy Nick Touran. Nick is a nuclear engineer who’s focused on the practical deployment of clean, renewable, carbon free energy.

I met Nick when we were both working at the Intellectual Ventures Lab. He is on the TerraPower team, and even though we don’t discuss the TerraPower reactor, or any of that technology on this episode, Nick and I try to dig into history of nuclear a bit. trying to explain what’s possible with nuclear reactors, so people can really understand how that fits into our future and what the pros and cons are, and really try to technically, illuminate how nuclear reactors work a little bit for people who haven’t been able to dig into that so much before.

I learned a lot of what I know about nuclear reactors from Nick, and so it’s a thrill for me to get to share him with you guys and this conversation in particular is a great place to start.

Nick has a website called whatisnuclear.com. If you want to learn more beyond what we cover in this episode, that’s a great place to start so go and read his writing and learn as much as you can.

I believe this is one of the most miraculous technologies humans have ever invented. And it’s so frustrating for me that we haven’t put it to greater use for humanity.

Important Links:

• Nick’s awesome website, whatisnuclear.com

About Nick Touran

I’m a reactor physicist working on the design of an advanced nuclear reactor for a nuclear innovation company, where I’ve been since 2009. I have a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan based on the multiobjective optimization of fast reactors using perturbation-based equilibrium cycle methods.

Recorded on June 15, 2021

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