Three Mile Island is Back: Microsoft’s Bold Nuclear Energy Deal Shakes the Industry – Mark Nelson

Jeremy Szafron, Anchor at Kitco News, interviews Mark Nelson, Founder and Managing Director of Radiant Energy Group, about the future of nuclear power. They cover significant developments, including the resurgence of nuclear energy, the role of existing nuclear infrastructure, and financial backing from major institutions to triple nuclear capacity by 2050. Nelson also addresses the challenges of public perception, the management of nuclear waste, and the need for faster development of nuclear projects to meet the growing energy demands of AI and data centers. With insights on how traditional nuclear plants can help meet global energy needs today, this interview sheds light on the potential for nuclear power to play a key role in the clean energy transition.

00:00 - Introduction
02:39 - Nuclear Energy Updates
05:18 - Fusion Breakthroughs
07:57 - Financial Backing for Nuclear
10:36 - Public Perception and Safety
13:15 - Challenges in Nuclear Expansion
15:54 - Nuclear Waste Solutions
18:33 - Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
21:12 - Infrastructure vs. Innovation
23:51 - Future of Nuclear Energy

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[MrEthos]

The waste is still not disposed of. Its not profitable, its both subsidized and had the costs kicked down the road.

[freedom-is-not-free]

I don't trust anything related to bill gates

[JohnTaylor-tswk]

I love Mark’s solution for the waste.
They actually had something similar in Europe - I forget which country, but Mark will know - where they allowed people to see the waste that was left.
It really did help for a while, but it wasn’t quite enough to overcome the anti-nuclear sentiment of the boomer politicians in the EU during the peak anti-nuclear years this past decade.
Anyway, it is a great solution because it lets people see the scale of the problem in the real world.

[trekjourneyman]

Isnt thorium the safer and better fuel? Seems like a no brainer from what i understand.

[johnbethea]

Yes it did run in hot plants but many workers had cancers, some animals were deformed. Need more proof before reopening.

[portalminer]

Why no discussion of reprocessing the high level waste? France does it as well as other countries.

[jwinwin]

Atomic waste/radio active waste isn’t green in any shape or form and burying it in the ground is not a solution it’s just an even bigger problem waiting to occur

[johnbethea]

I have solar panels in one of my fields. It cost me more than my light bill was. I am in SC

[franklindner]

I would be worried about missiles hiting them by foreign countries.

[aldas]

There is another element that can be use for nuclear energy. Thorium if I am not mistaken with no risks at all.

[colinmegson]

As always, Mark Nelson chooses to ignore the most 'salable' aspect of SMRs - the fact that commercial money markets are chomping at the bit to get the $trillions locked up in pension funds into ultra-investable SMRs. He fails to acknowledge that operators will not take the $multi-billion OCC of Big-Nuclear plants onto their books without significant political help/guarantees and that's a formula for cost and build over runs.

SMRs are the future of nuclear power!

[VlamirJohnson]

I wonder how much heat these things put off. Talk about global warming 😂

[TrapBoiFuse]

yall funny as fuck 5:54 yall know big oil made the ppl hate nuclear all thse year knowing it was better then oil

[PavidoRochon]

Thanks for the breakdown! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). How can I transfer them to Binance?

[gddlsllc]

Capitalism of the 21st century… crypto, AI, energy

[eddiesaddlier]

He said climate change was real 😂. Had to turn it off after that. Only clowns believe climate change is real 😂

[MoneyballUSA]

No mention of China’s fusion plasma breakthrough? Click

[jamesgalbraith]

Seriously, I hear this guys view and I agree with almost all, but then he says I care about the planet and CO2 like some non thinking dufus. Seriously CO2 is plant food and ppm 400 is low in geological record. More CO2 more plants. More plants more transpiration and O2. And on and on. No apocalypse. Yay!