This week I'm speaking with award-winning author and CEO of Think Atom think tank, Rauli Partanen. In the show, we discuss:

00:00 - Intro

05:56 - The link between human wellbeing and energy consumption

18:11 - The current global energy mix, and decarbonization

20:43 - European gas crisis & deindustrialisation 

25:38 - How important is the pace of decarbonisation?

30:19 - The potential of nuclear energy

35.14 - Why has nuclear been so maligned? 

41:00 - Misconceptions about nuclear energy

42:00 - Nuclear waste

49:00 - Chernobyl and Fukushima

58:30 - Advances in nuclear technology

01:02:00 - Why Can’t the UK build infrastructure?

01:04:36 - The problems with the nuclear pace of deployment

01:07:25 - Building and deploying small modular reactors

LINKS: 

Reports and studies by Rauli's think tank, ThinkAtom:

https://thinkatom.net/publications/

Rauli's Amazon author page:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rauli-Partanen/author/B00M7UVBYK

The Rise of Nuclear Fear - the book mentioned in the show:

https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Nuclear-Fear-Spencer-Weart/dp/0674052331

Find Rauli on X: https://twitter.com/Kaikenhuippu

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